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A review by purplepierogi
The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg
2.0
I think Jessica sums everything up so well in her review so if you're interested I'd def read that
my tldr: like other reviewers, I can't shake the weird defensive posture this book has -- it's a step by step explanation of her discovering a new facet of her sexuality, dating a woman, getting a divorce, and being really conciliatory about this 'great betrayal' to straightness and motherhood. her monologuing on fluidity, many footnotes out to Judith Butler and Adrienne Rich, a list her outlining of every gay person she's ever met and how she felt about them, the gender essentialism (so many repetitions of the phrase "women who look like men," weird language around her nb partner), lack of structure just made this a mess, even though I love hearing people's experiences of discovering queer joy
my tldr: like other reviewers, I can't shake the weird defensive posture this book has -- it's a step by step explanation of her discovering a new facet of her sexuality, dating a woman, getting a divorce, and being really conciliatory about this 'great betrayal' to straightness and motherhood. her monologuing on fluidity, many footnotes out to Judith Butler and Adrienne Rich, a list her outlining of every gay person she's ever met and how she felt about them, the gender essentialism (so many repetitions of the phrase "women who look like men," weird language around her nb partner), lack of structure just made this a mess, even though I love hearing people's experiences of discovering queer joy