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The Five Lesbian Brother's Guide to Life: A Collection of Helpful Hints and Fabricated Facts for Today's Gay Girl
Congratulations, fellow lesbo! You have just been invited to join the award-winning nationally acclaimed theater troupe as they move from the stage to the page. With all their wit intact, they declare, "you can use this book to make you laugh, to make your friends cry, to upset your parents, to educate the uninformed, or as a coming-out tool." Exploring every aspect of lesbian life, they
- GenresLesbianQueerNonfiction
192 pages, Paperback
First published November 3, 1997
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November 29, 2021@2018-06-23 00:53:09
August 4, 2023
it's a veeery dated book (late 90s) but the majority of it is good-spirited jokes and silliness
April 15, 2020
Warning for multiple appearances of "transsexual," which in '97 was more widely used by the trans community but in 2020 has become a problematic term associated with transmedicalism.
THREE STARS: Might read again!
This was surprisingly charming. A lot of it is dated or so particular to white America (although there is an acknowledgement that Set if Off is the pinnacle of portrayal so... at least it's not dumb about it) in the '90s as to be nigh-inaccessible -- but I picked it up with a curiosity towards the record-keeping of the queer female experience, so I can hardly fault it for that. There's some stuff I think would work MUCH better as stand-up than as a book.
But overall... surprisingly worth the minor investment of my time. It's fun to see the not-so-jokey jokes about celebrities who have since come fully out, like Jodie Foster and Rosie O'Donnell. (QL, we are waiting.) And just when I think it's more of the same lesbian jokes I've heard since high school -- basic stereotypes, sex puns, u-hauling -- BAM, they hit you with something genuinely funny. Or even genuinely dark. (Or both.) This one has teeth, even over twenty years later.
It also has a lot of love, which is so nice. Maybe there's a little bit of dated snark or some terms which have since gone out of vogue, but I couldn't spot anything truly nasty or self-hating in these pages. And that's rare enough to keep it on my bookshelf.
THREE STARS: Might read again!
This was surprisingly charming. A lot of it is dated or so particular to white America (although there is an acknowledgement that Set if Off is the pinnacle of portrayal so... at least it's not dumb about it) in the '90s as to be nigh-inaccessible -- but I picked it up with a curiosity towards the record-keeping of the queer female experience, so I can hardly fault it for that. There's some stuff I think would work MUCH better as stand-up than as a book.
But overall... surprisingly worth the minor investment of my time. It's fun to see the not-so-jokey jokes about celebrities who have since come fully out, like Jodie Foster and Rosie O'Donnell. (QL, we are waiting.) And just when I think it's more of the same lesbian jokes I've heard since high school -- basic stereotypes, sex puns, u-hauling -- BAM, they hit you with something genuinely funny. Or even genuinely dark. (Or both.) This one has teeth, even over twenty years later.
It also has a lot of love, which is so nice. Maybe there's a little bit of dated snark or some terms which have since gone out of vogue, but I couldn't spot anything truly nasty or self-hating in these pages. And that's rare enough to keep it on my bookshelf.
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