A review by abbie_
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

A middle of the road rating for this one because I’m too stupid to fully understand what Snorton is putting down and that’s not his fault 😂 I went into this knowing that it’s an academic text and yet still expected to be able to follow and hopefully at least absorb some of it via osmosis… my friends that was not the case. The audiobook was definitely the right choice for me, because had I been reading this with my eyes I simply would have not. Via audio and on dog walks/doing chores, it was like listening to an interesting lecture. I did learn some interesting stuff about how Black bodies were used during scientific experiments, as well as how cross-dressing allowed some Black folks to escape slavery, but ultimately it was just too theoretical for me to grasp fully. 

I did learn a new word - fungible 😌 which means interchangeable!