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This book is a revelation! Taking on both oppositional and traditional sexism, Serano uses her experience as a transwoman and a biochemist to show that gender is not a binary, nor should masculine and feminine be considered opposites. Through a series of essays, she calls for the return of the feminine to feminism.
Her points on the way media and society have handled transsexuals (or really any male-born individual showing feminine tendencies) over the years definitely hit home. She attacks the n ...more
Her points on the way media and society have handled transsexuals (or really any male-born individual showing feminine tendencies) over the years definitely hit home. She attacks the n ...more
Julia Serano's incredibly thoughtful exploration of femaleness and feminity is inspiring. It is inspiring that a trans woman can see so clearly through the enormous volume of stereotyping, garbage, and obfuscation surrounding trans issues. It is inspiring that she, as a biologist, has the scientific background and the analytic mind to cut through pseudoscience and to recognize where even well-intentioned scientists may be holding trans people back. I'm not at all certain that I agree with everyt
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I don't totally agree with Serano on every point of feminist exposé she covers in this book. She definitely covers a lot of seemingly universal concepts in the trans experience. I think this book is geared more towards those trying to reconcile their part in the oppression of trans people and get a taste for what's *really* going on but I would still recommend this book if not for the theory, for the stark and tender moments of real vulnerability Serano shares in this book. I really enjoyed it t
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