A review by lizawall
Heroines by Kate Zambreno

5.0

The lesbian separatist in me had a hard time getting past the idea that all Kate's problems (and her heroines') could be solved by a complete indifference to men (like, just leave your husband and stop trying to look cute, amirite?) -- but once I was able to get past that it kind of blew my mind. Especially toward the end when she really brings it on home (namechecking [b:Close to the Knives|89213|Close to the Knives A Memoir of Disintegration|David Wojnarowicz|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1351500256s/89213.jpg|86102] wut wut), I was basically crying, rethinking my old beliefs about everything from heterosexuality (boring) to heavily-made-up Tumblr selfies (not furthering the revolution). Like, it's irritating sometimes, but maybe so is anything that can actually change your mind?