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A review by themushroomalien
Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between by Alex Iantaffi, Meg-John Barker
5.0
I chose to read this book to learn more about my non-binary identity, and how it relates to the world around me. While this book did touch on gender and sexuality, it also focused on the different binaries we “accept” as a culture and how they impact Humankind as a whole.
This book touched on ableism, racism, xenophobia, mental health, discrimination, good vs. evil, and so much more. The final chapter was dedicated to non-binary thinking, and how all of us—regardless of gender, sexuality, disability, race, class etc—can benefit from breaking out of the two dimensional way of thinking so we may better understand ourselves, those around us, and the world at large.
Breaking our binary thinking is critical to our advancement as a species. There are more than two options, and not being able (or willing) to recognize this fact has kept us stuck in a perpetual machine of death, destruction, and dehumanization that we’ve been born into.
I encourage everyone to read this book. No matter how you identify, breaking out of binary thinking is for everyone. I would even say it is essential to our survival as a People.
This book touched on ableism, racism, xenophobia, mental health, discrimination, good vs. evil, and so much more. The final chapter was dedicated to non-binary thinking, and how all of us—regardless of gender, sexuality, disability, race, class etc—can benefit from breaking out of the two dimensional way of thinking so we may better understand ourselves, those around us, and the world at large.
Breaking our binary thinking is critical to our advancement as a species. There are more than two options, and not being able (or willing) to recognize this fact has kept us stuck in a perpetual machine of death, destruction, and dehumanization that we’ve been born into.
I encourage everyone to read this book. No matter how you identify, breaking out of binary thinking is for everyone. I would even say it is essential to our survival as a People.