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emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
This is my second time reading this. I enjoyed it more the first time about a decade ago. Now it just leaves a lot to be desired. I don't agree with the authors premise right in their intro of historians using more macro methods of research take the humanity out of things like Stonewall. There is absolutely a way to take individuals from a significant event and use their personal stories to open up different aspects of that event. But there's too little of Stonewall to say that for this book for me personally. This definitely is more of a elongated profile of six people who were at Stonewall which is fine. This time around it felt a bit more...gossipy in parts? I'm not sure how else to describe it. A good starter book for someone but I would heavily encourage choosing more academically minded pieces if you want to learn about the queer movement and specifically Stonewall. If you want personal stories this is great.