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Mr. Acton

Mracton@sfba.club

Joined 8 months, 1 week ago

I read primarily queer books. I love everything from basic mlm romances to classic literature to contemporary fiction. I’m slowly trying to add more non-fiction and challenging subject matter, but I don’t need any additional dystopia in my life. My spice tolerance fluctuates, so sometimes I want all the spice and sometimes I can skim over it.

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2026 Reading Goal

22% complete! Mr. Acton has read 8 of 36 books.

Judith Butler: Who's Afraid of Gender? (Hardcover, 2024, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is …

A little too dense for me, but it was good to see the past 50 years of the assault on gender and queer scholarship and communities put together in a narrative. I found the conclusion to be the most accessible, but I was hoping for specific tools to fight it.

Judith Butler: Who's Afraid of Gender? (Hardcover, 2024, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is …

This is a slow read so far as it is written for academics and much different from the narrative fiction we normally read. Sitting in the middle of the regressive moment on gender politics, it’s a lot, but it’s a good record of how we got to this moment that future researchers can dig into.