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akihitoreads2312's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Aaah so good, definitely a changeling book took me a long time to finish it- but that's because I few so much. It feels like finding a new part of myself. Kate let me know I wasn't alone. What's more important then that? I am thinking about producing Hidden Agender!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Hate crime, Racism, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Body horror, Dysphoria, and Mental illness
This has a lot of warning but it's one of the most important books I've ever had the pleasure of reading, would I give this to my mom? No, would I give this to a teenager? No, but an adult in q very stable place.jenny_bean_reads's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I learned so much listening to this book. The questions that Kate Bornstein asks about gender, sex, and sexuality are provocative as well as kind. I have never thought of my own bisexuality in this way.
If you are questioning yourself, trying to understand someone you love, or just looking to be a supportive person in general, read this book at least once. I will be reading it again.
If you are questioning yourself, trying to understand someone you love, or just looking to be a supportive person in general, read this book at least once. I will be reading it again.
domestikwoof's review
3.5
A decent book on gender theory presented in a way that wains to not offend anyone (regardless of how successful it actually is at achieving this goal)
eternallytouchstarved's review
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
sidewriter's review
3.0
I love it when writers mess with form, and Kate Bornstein definitely does that. Gender Outlaw is a rag-tag collage of vignettes, marginalia, poetry, and academic-ish analysis; not so much a narrative thread as a narrative array. She calls it a trans style of writing and most of the time it works well, a clever trick that nudges the mind a little off balance and more open to ideas it may not have encountered before. She doesn’t always anticipate the readers’ counterarguments so her own sometimes fall apart, and the book has a dated feel now (thankfully we’ve made some progress since 1992), but her voice is strong, relatable, funny, and definitely deserving of more attention.