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A review by mesy_mark
Born Both: An Intersex Life by Hida Viloria
informative
slow-paced
2.75
This was an interesting book on a life of activism and life as an intact intersex woman. Hida was born with a large clitoris, something that resembles a small penis, many women who ate at a large length have theirs cut away to fit a 'normal' girl model. She was spared. this is a book on her life as an intersex woman living life and in activism.
The book suffers a little bit of repetitive syndrome. Some points don't seem to move the story forward as a large chunk of the book is on her activism so things like burning man which didn't add to her activism or much to intersex as to other moments in the book are interesting but a distraction and left me wondering what the point of that section was. She covers a lot of figuring out her identity along with activism.
An easy listen to to get insight on one intersex person's experience I am glad I was able to finally read this memoir.
The book suffers a little bit of repetitive syndrome. Some points don't seem to move the story forward as a large chunk of the book is on her activism so things like burning man which didn't add to her activism or much to intersex as to other moments in the book are interesting but a distraction and left me wondering what the point of that section was. She covers a lot of figuring out her identity along with activism.
An easy listen to to get insight on one intersex person's experience I am glad I was able to finally read this memoir.