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A review by jamieleepilk
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Sometimes a book comes a long at just the right time, for me this was that book.
I loved this book a ridiculous amount. Kit's writing is absorbing and brilliant. A new history of gender written with an immense amount of warmth & compassion that I couldn't put down.
Each chapter is well thought out and insanely well researched, what I did love was the mixture of history with Kit's personal journey with their gender it made it feel very personal and something I connected with instantly. I really like the chapters about how fashion connects with gender, which included the Anne Lister argument.
The chapters around around different cultures that looked into Two-Spirit & Ogbanje identities (among others) and how gender was more spiritual was fascinating and something I definitely want to look more into in the future.
My only issues with this book is that I didn't want it to end and also the bibliography & books mentioned within will most likely make my TBR pile double.
This will defiantly be one of the books I come back to again and again in the future! Dr Kit Heyam has most definitely gone on my auto-buy writers lists.
God this review probably doesn't do this book justice. I just loved it so much and it's exactly what I needed to read right now.
I loved this book a ridiculous amount. Kit's writing is absorbing and brilliant. A new history of gender written with an immense amount of warmth & compassion that I couldn't put down.
Each chapter is well thought out and insanely well researched, what I did love was the mixture of history with Kit's personal journey with their gender it made it feel very personal and something I connected with instantly. I really like the chapters about how fashion connects with gender, which included the Anne Lister argument.
The chapters around around different cultures that looked into Two-Spirit & Ogbanje identities (among others) and how gender was more spiritual was fascinating and something I definitely want to look more into in the future.
My only issues with this book is that I didn't want it to end and also the bibliography & books mentioned within will most likely make my TBR pile double.
This will defiantly be one of the books I come back to again and again in the future! Dr Kit Heyam has most definitely gone on my auto-buy writers lists.
God this review probably doesn't do this book justice. I just loved it so much and it's exactly what I needed to read right now.