A review by yoominbean
Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity by Chloë Brushwood Rose, Anna Camilleri

5.0

After a few blah experiences recently with queer/gender anthologies, I wasn't expecting much. But this was amazing. The essays/poems/stories/etc were all incredibly nuanced and well-written and challenging. As someone who doesn't identify as femme, I wasn't really sure what my relationship to this material would be, but I hugely enjoyed reading this and got a lot out of it (even in regard to my own lack of/gender) and it was so refreshing to see stuff about gendered experiences that were super queer but not the same old AFAB/celebration of kooky gender narrative that seems to get published over and over and over.

Highly recommended.