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DID NOT FINISH: 1%

off to a strong start /sarc 

the contents is 99% male 

And then I had to read the phrase “evil twink energy” 

And also I thought it was gonna be like tee hee mischievous, rebellious. But no it means bad gays like Anti semitism sooooo uhhh. 

No thanks.

This year we are choosing queer joy 💀 
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 My review of this book is entirely contradictory. I liked that it wasn't written like the thick tomes of historical text with sixteen footnotes attached to the bottom of the page that I usually have to read for class.

I didn't like that it wasn't written enough like a history book. There were tiny errors here and there that I picked up on. The one that alerted me was the erroneous statement that Margaret Mead attended DePauw University in *Chicago* for a year when DePauw is in Indiana. DePaul is in Chicago. It's a common mistake, but it made my confidence in the editing and fact checking falter. After that, I felt constantly like there needed to be MORE footnotes or if I was to just accept some of these facts at face value. I struggled with this because I did enjoy the more relaxed style of writing history, but I struggled to trust the validity of the text.

As for the thesis of the text, it was an interesting and fun read! Before I read the introduction, I scoffed and went "really? only one woman?" and then when I saw the thesis, I said "nvm <3". 
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