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A review by goosemixtapes
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince
5.0
i have... a bit of a personal relationship with this book because i remember reading it in seventh grade and identifying so hard it HURT -- and then suddenly feeling almost betrayed when the narrator talked about starting to get crushes on boys. we had the same feelings about girlhood, about stereotypes, about our bodies -- why couldn't we be the SAME same?
now five years later as a huge dyke i'm kind of like. huh.
(also remembering how one of the boys in my class got freaked out because there were drawings of boobs in it and also the fuck word. so he got his mom to tell the teacher he wasn't going to read it. and now he's a homophobe so perhaps this could have provided him some empathy. why is this book so tied in to my seventh grade memories.)
that said. personal feelings aside. this book slaps; it's a very good look at the struggles of being a gnc woman and a dissection of how those struggles can lead to internalized misogyny / anger at women, both because of the boxes you're shoved into and the way other girls treat you. like. it is just a rlly good book o7
now five years later as a huge dyke i'm kind of like. huh.
(also remembering how one of the boys in my class got freaked out because there were drawings of boobs in it and also the fuck word. so he got his mom to tell the teacher he wasn't going to read it. and now he's a homophobe so perhaps this could have provided him some empathy. why is this book so tied in to my seventh grade memories.)
that said. personal feelings aside. this book slaps; it's a very good look at the struggles of being a gnc woman and a dissection of how those struggles can lead to internalized misogyny / anger at women, both because of the boxes you're shoved into and the way other girls treat you. like. it is just a rlly good book o7