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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
You ban it, I read it.
I'm a bit out of the target audience, but for what it represents for that target audience, it's a beautiful set of essays. I learned some by sitting and listening, too, both for things I can relate to and for things I can't directly, being a queer white person in their 30's.
Good stuff, and I wish much love to the author for what they've put down here.
I'm a bit out of the target audience, but for what it represents for that target audience, it's a beautiful set of essays. I learned some by sitting and listening, too, both for things I can relate to and for things I can't directly, being a queer white person in their 30's.
Good stuff, and I wish much love to the author for what they've put down here.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Transphobia, Dysphoria
Minor: Slavery, Police brutality
much simpler than I thought it would be in terms of readability - seems to be more angled towards youth. that said it was very touching, lots of themes on sexuality, gender, family, sense of self that sometimes made me get a lil wet in the eyes
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
A memoir from an early thirties black, queer man that highlights explicitly the many ways socialization and education in schools fails queer people. An explicitly for queer people, as the author chronicles how representation has affected them directly, as well as how the inability to find a book exactly like this one would have helped his development a great deal.
an honest coming of age memoir about adolescence and adulthood for queer BIPOC
absolutely worth having in a secondary classroom
absolutely worth having in a secondary classroom
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
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fast-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
This is such an emotional rollercoaster. It was beautiful and heartbreaking, but also funny in places. I seriously wish we could stop policing children and labelling it “class disruption.” Children being themselves is not a disruption. It is honest. Maybe oddly, I’m angry. I’m so angry for this amazing human being, I’m angry for other people living it right now, who are left with zero information about themselves because someone, somewhere is afraid of what isn’t their lived experience. Don’t even get me started on the teacher saying he would have been a slave owner. What the actual 🤬?! As an educator, I just don’t see how in the hell those words could just slip out of someone’s mouth. I guess we know what kind of person that teacher is. Those are the white people who make other white people ashamed to be white. 🤦🏼♀️ It’s long since time we did better - SO much better - by our children in this country and around the world.
emotional
informative
medium-paced
I genuinely love this book so fucking much, it's message was heard and I cannot emphasize the importance of it!
This book brings attention to conversations that should be had everywhere, queer black men matter, their stories should be heard too.
The topics touched upon gender roles within children and young adults really has stuck to me, there's a specific quote that I cannot stop thinking about.
"Unfortunately, the creativity of children often comes under fire when it doesn't meet the acceptable standard of gender performance."
as George shares towards the end, we are the generation that MUST do better. We must challenge the history that we have been taught and create discourse that changes the standard white gendered narratives.
This book brings attention to conversations that should be had everywhere, queer black men matter, their stories should be heard too.
The topics touched upon gender roles within children and young adults really has stuck to me, there's a specific quote that I cannot stop thinking about.
"Unfortunately, the creativity of children often comes under fire when it doesn't meet the acceptable standard of gender performance."
as George shares towards the end, we are the generation that MUST do better. We must challenge the history that we have been taught and create discourse that changes the standard white gendered narratives.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault
Minor: Incest