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A review by cymbal_curtain
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
3.0
This book was ok. This is a book about growing up queer mostly. about question gender and sexuality and about hanging out with friends and partners.
1) this book presents "brain sexes" as a scientific truth. This is instead a very controversial topic, without scientific consensus. read the linked for more info (it backs up my claim and is a scientific journal)
1) this book presents "brain sexes" as a scientific truth. This is instead a very controversial topic, without scientific consensus. read the linked for more info (it backs up my claim and is a scientific journal)
https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-022-00448-w
2) it, if not misinforms, at least confuses, the reader about what "asexual" means. Although the word has some multiple meanings, it primarily means not experiencing attraction, not "not masturbating". And it's fine to me if the author identifies/identified to some extent with the label, but because this is a book I'm a bit disappointed about this.
cws:
I can't list this in the storygraph system as a content warning, but the book does contain romance.
2) it, if not misinforms, at least confuses, the reader about what "asexual" means. Although the word has some multiple meanings, it primarily means not experiencing attraction, not "not masturbating". And it's fine to me if the author identifies/identified to some extent with the label, but because this is a book I'm a bit disappointed about this.
cws:
I can't list this in the storygraph system as a content warning, but the book does contain romance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dysphoria
Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content
Minor: Deadnaming and Outing