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For my book club.

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.

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.

I Read this for a book club. Parts of it hit me hard and close to home. TJ Klune meditates on loss and grief following the afterlife of a Scrooge figure who died the jerk he always was. Can one redeem themselves after dying?

That was riveting.

My heart dropped the moment I read that. This was not the childhood I had, but this is life today.

I’m eading this for this week’s book club. Im taking a break from the Game Changer series because my other TBR must be attended. I’m waiting for the story to go wrong. I hope I’m wrong.

The strength of this book for those of us in the community is in the back half. At that point we get a mesmerizing narrative of the author’s journey as well as a photo project of trans people who talk about what being trans means to them. The first half is good, too. The information is sound. However, I felt that if someone is a soft ally or not an ally, they may feel too challenged and leave the book. It also is good for people who are questioning their wexuality or gender as there is a lot of information about non-binary sexualities and identities. I think the first half works best as queer experiences 101 reference guide, choosing sections that are most relevant to them and people in their lives.

My book club is reading this and will chat with the author in a couple weeks. It’ll be interesting to read something directed at allies.