false 21265666 702266 98520 0374190046 9780374190040 46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171416947m/98520.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171416947s/98520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98520.Look_Both_Ways_Bisexual_Politics 3.28 173 Look Both Ways, Baumgardner takes a close look at the growing visibility of gay and bisexual characters, performers, and issues on the national cultural stage. Despite the prevalence of bisexuality among Generation X and Y women, she finds that it continues to be marginalized by both gay and straight cultures, and dismissed either as a phase or a cop-out. With intimacy and humor, Baumgardner discusses her own experience as a bisexual, and the struggle she’s undergone to reconcile the privilege she’s garnered as a woman who is perceived as straight and the empowerment and satisfaction she’s derived from her relationships with women.

Part memoir, part pop-culture study, Look Both Ways connects the prominent dots of a bisexual community (Alix Kates Shulman, Ani DiFranco, Rebecca Walker, and, of course, Anne Heche) that Baumgardner argues have bridged feminist aims with those of the gay rights movement. Look Both Ways is a compelling and current study in bisexual lives lived secretly and openly, and an exploration of the lessons learned by writers, artists, and activists who have refused the either/or paradigm defended by both gay and straight communities.</div>]]> 56655 3.57 999 145 2007 3 1 false Tue Apr 29 13:16:34 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 13:36:10 -0700 2008 more...]]>