Self-Organizing Men: Conscious Masculinities in Time and Space

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Self-Organizing Men: Conscious Masculinities in Time and Space

by Jay Sennett (Goodreads Author) (Editor)

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The roles of paradox and incoherence in the construction and maintenance of the masculine self remains unexplored in both gender and men's studies.Self-Organizing Men - through poetry, visual images, prose and humor - seeks to understand how paradox and the failure to cohere to a unitary self creates opportunities for sustained connections to sexual love, the penis, childh...more

Paperback, 192 pages

Published August 1st 2006 by Homofactus Press, L.L.C.

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Mar 30, 2008 Sokari rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone who has ever thought about their own sexuality and inner self

Recommended to Sokari by: Jay

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Sexuality is fluid and in constant motion

Sexuality is a powerful force within us and to fight against our feelings will bring much pain

Jay Sennett has chosen to use his journey from f2m to look at herself/himself and all the bits in between in a study of masculinity, whiteness, privilege. It is a journey I would like to take maybe one we should all take. By that I mean a journey through out inner most selves to discover what really lies below and a journey through the overt parts of our lives su...more Sexuality is fluid and in constant motion

Sexuality is a powerful force within us and to fight against our feelings will bring much pain

Jay Sennett has chosen to use his journey from f2m to look at herself/himself and all the bits in between in a study of masculinity, whiteness, privilege. It is a journey I would like to take maybe one we should all take. By that I mean a journey through out inner most selves to discover what really lies below and a journey through the overt parts of our lives such as race, whiteness, blackness, privilege.

There is so much to say about Self - Organising man - liberating, courageous, honest, challenging, brilliant. `Have you ever yearned for the impossible or even the possible. To be someone else, to be somewhere else in mind and body, in sexuality, in life? To be in a different psychological and physical space?

The book raises so many questions about gender about identity and signifyers of gender. Is the penis the primary defining factor of maleness or gender constitution. What is sex? Is it simply penetration and how does that penetration take place? How gendered are we in our identities. When gender is dichotomies as simply female/male we restrict ourselves,our thoughts and our actions. Are you happy in your body? What does your body mean to you and how does it influence your identity. Self-Organising Men is a journey for the writers and the readers. A liberating self-discovery analysis of the self and moving deep into that place - is it the heart or the soul, where ever it is it is hard to find and not often found.

The honesty of the testimonies reach out to the reader and contribute to the liberating nature of the book, the journey. One final note. As I read the testimonies and journeys of the contributors I felt that the discourse on gender and sexuality raised in the book are entirely western and to largely white. (Jay’s publishing house, Homofactus Press is presently calling for submissions for an anthology of Trans communities of colour - “Tinting the Lens in Trans Communities”.) How should we in Africa engage in this discourse when we are still at a point of battling with LGBTs being illegal people. So much pain - so much hatred.

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Feb 06, 2013 Lewis rated it 3 of 5 stars

Lent to me by a dear friend. Like all anthologies, it is a bit of a mixed bag. When it is on it is on. I had a personal interest in the reference to CPCC/Charlotte happenings.

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Nov 21, 2011 Samantha rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This anthology is a really creative, artistic, internal trip into the world of female to male transsexuals, as well as men whose gender identities don't necessarily fall anywhere on the gender scale that our society has started to define as true and real. There were some familiar names and some unfamiliar names, and it was interesting to move from piece to piece and feel the emotions involved in each. A really fantastic read.

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