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Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
A really beautiful tribute to the maligned, misunderstood, and magical organisms of the world. This book touches on os many pieces of what it means to be queer. I like that it makes connections between those varied, often contradictory queer human experiences and the way many organisms exist in biology, in changing excosystems, and in human cultures. I've seen others criticize this book for being more memoir-like than they'd expected, but I disagree. I think the author did a good job of intertwining their lived experiences with those of the organisms they love and write about, and in reconceptualizing nature as queer, understanding the author's lived experiences as a queer person added a lot to the discussion that a pure list of factual information just wouldn't have. It's clear that the author deeply values and connects with the organisms they write about, and that love is apparent throughout the book. It was a joy to read as someone who is also trying to reforge a connection with the ecosystem I exist within.