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3.67 AVERAGE
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this will probably be one i reference back to in ten or so years when i feel safe to actually have a child
Did not expect this book to be so funny. Unflinchingly honest, enlightening, and graphically drawn, yes. But all the laughing was a happy surprise.
I just don't think I'm the right audience for this book, because while I love reading queerlit and queer experiences, I just don't give a rip about babies or pregnancy. Not the fabled pregnant giraffe on social media, not my friends' pregnancies -- I'm just immune to any kind of interest in pregnant and baby things. Sorryboutit!
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I think this comic is a fun insight into exploring gender and pregnancy from the perspective of one person. It was also a very cute and funny read. Would definitely recommend this.
Any interest I had in this book immediately went away when I got to the weird and unnecessary TERF-y rant in the middle of the book. I still finished it, and it was... fine. Mildly interesting.
A compelling and unique story for the pregnancy shelves but is unfortunately soiled by Summers' need to lift up her own image at the expense of other gender queer people. It is a blip in the story but is completely unnecessary, especially for a book published in 2014.
Ruthie is pregnant. Surprise!
This graphic novel chronicles the pregnancy and childbirth of Teek, a masculine-identifying lesbian, who talks about her experience with great humor and insight into what it's like when pregnancy and butchness intersect. There was a lot here that reminded me of Ruthie, both when she was pregnant with Hazel and during the current pregnancy. The issue of what clothes will be available and the way people interpret your being as you walk around. Even down to the nitty gritty stuff, like the stress of dealing with work and insurance. But in the end the experience seems to be more about the growth of Teek as an individual and the birth of a new sense of self along with the birth of the child.
Anyway, the baby, whose name will be Ezra regardless of the sex, is set to come sometime in July! We couldn't be more excited :)
This graphic novel chronicles the pregnancy and childbirth of Teek, a masculine-identifying lesbian, who talks about her experience with great humor and insight into what it's like when pregnancy and butchness intersect. There was a lot here that reminded me of Ruthie, both when she was pregnant with Hazel and during the current pregnancy. The issue of what clothes will be available and the way people interpret your being as you walk around. Even down to the nitty gritty stuff, like the stress of dealing with work and insurance. But in the end the experience seems to be more about the growth of Teek as an individual and the birth of a new sense of self along with the birth of the child.
Anyway, the baby, whose name will be Ezra regardless of the sex, is set to come sometime in July! We couldn't be more excited :)
challenging
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Valuable story with a lot of heart and humor! Don't want to judge it too harshly, but the pit stop in the middle to drag trans guys soured my experience quite a bit. Still glad I gave it a read.
I think this comic has so much to offer!!! however bits of it definitely come off as transphobic (im looking at you, dinosaur scene). the author mentions this in her intro, but I also felt it was important for me to mention it here.
emotional
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informative
lighthearted
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