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My favorite part of this book is the author’s expansive definition of queerness. She doesn’t only highlight same sex interactions between animals, but more broadly speaks to anything that operates outside of what humans see as “normal.” She talks about bias in science as well as philosophy such as human exceptionalism. I also greatly appreciated her personal anecdotes and stories of coming to her queerness
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Aside from the multiple mentions of her, you can tell how much of an impact Robin Wall Kimmerer had on Ononiwou Kaishian in writing this book. Braiding Sweetgrass is one of my all-time favorite books, and as a queer person, Forest Euphoria immediately captured my interest and my heart. It leans more like a memoir than essays about nature, but I loved hearing about Ononiwou Kaishian's life, upbringing, work as a mycologist, and journey with gender and sexuality.
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This was an absolute joy, I was raised so out of touch with nature by people with a disdain for animals and am only recently learning for myself the deep personhood of all beings. Of plants, animals, fungi, and all who are not captured in those categories. The way Ononiwu Kaishian is able to delve deeply into this personhood of beings makes me wonder how different my life would be if I had known that from the start. As a queer, trans person, it is so joyous to be reminded of the ways in which my being is reflected in beings everywhere.
Additionally, major props to the person doing the voice narration. They were so soothing and just a joy to listen to.
Additionally, major props to the person doing the voice narration. They were so soothing and just a joy to listen to.
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A really beautiful tribute to the maligned, misunderstood, and magical organisms of the world. This book touches on os many pieces of what it means to be queer. I like that it makes connections between those varied, often contradictory queer human experiences and the way many organisms exist in biology, in changing excosystems, and in human cultures. I've seen others criticize this book for being more memoir-like than they'd expected, but I disagree. I think the author did a good job of intertwining their lived experiences with those of the organisms they love and write about, and in reconceptualizing nature as queer, understanding the author's lived experiences as a queer person added a lot to the discussion that a pure list of factual information just wouldn't have. It's clear that the author deeply values and connects with the organisms they write about, and that love is apparent throughout the book. It was a joy to read as someone who is also trying to reforge a connection with the ecosystem I exist within.
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