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A review by zea_d_writing
Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker
informative
fast-paced
3.5
This book was a decent look at gender, society, and intersectionality. It covers various terms and definitions, references numerous activists and experts, and is - in general - an okay starting point for anyone just getting into deconstructing gender and societal norms.
This book does a fairly okay job making sure that it’s approaching the subject matter from an inclusive, intersectional standpoint and shows how gender is wrapped up in other forms of hierarchy and systems of oppression. I do feel like the book would have benefited from having a co-author of color to lend their voice to the subject. While the authors clearly tried to tackle this topic with nuance, it did still feel like it was coming from a white perspective.
I also wasn’t a fan of how the section titled ‘Gender as intergenerational trauma’ was focused on Stephen King’s IT. I felt like that section could have touched on important real world issues, instead of something fictional.
In the end, this book was okay. Not perfect. But a good jumping off point for someone just getting into the subject.
This book does a fairly okay job making sure that it’s approaching the subject matter from an inclusive, intersectional standpoint and shows how gender is wrapped up in other forms of hierarchy and systems of oppression. I do feel like the book would have benefited from having a co-author of color to lend their voice to the subject. While the authors clearly tried to tackle this topic with nuance, it did still feel like it was coming from a white perspective.
I also wasn’t a fan of how the section titled ‘Gender as intergenerational trauma’ was focused on Stephen King’s IT. I felt like that section could have touched on important real world issues, instead of something fictional.
In the end, this book was okay. Not perfect. But a good jumping off point for someone just getting into the subject.