When I read Gender Queer it seemed to me that the book was more sad than erotic. That is, it gave a picture of a young person struggling to find happiness and having a difficult time with it. In tone it is not much of an advertisement for the transgender life.
I took a look at this book on Amazon, where the blurb mentioned the author "uses" e/em/eir pronouns. No, actually, the author does not refer to "em" with those pronouns, but instead expects all of the rest of us to refer to the author using those invented third person pronouns. That's the problem, people! Homosexual women and men never demanded that people change our use of the English language, other than to request that people not use slurs like "faggot" or "queer". (Oh, how far we have come with the use of "queer", now used by very conventional heterosexual women and men to refer to themselves). But now we are expected to remember and use the third person pronouns selected by those who fancy themselves to be something other than females or males.
I hope you mention the incredibly disturbing normalization of pedophilia in the book. My district okayed it and as a teacher, I was appalled. I am survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and I can’t fathom why the author included that image or scene, or how anyone is okay with it.
It also just erased the entire post I'd queued up for Monday. ARGH
Darn, and I was just about to submit a brilliant comment! Oh well, I'll hold that thought.
When I read Gender Queer it seemed to me that the book was more sad than erotic. That is, it gave a picture of a young person struggling to find happiness and having a difficult time with it. In tone it is not much of an advertisement for the transgender life.
I took a look at this book on Amazon, where the blurb mentioned the author "uses" e/em/eir pronouns. No, actually, the author does not refer to "em" with those pronouns, but instead expects all of the rest of us to refer to the author using those invented third person pronouns. That's the problem, people! Homosexual women and men never demanded that people change our use of the English language, other than to request that people not use slurs like "faggot" or "queer". (Oh, how far we have come with the use of "queer", now used by very conventional heterosexual women and men to refer to themselves). But now we are expected to remember and use the third person pronouns selected by those who fancy themselves to be something other than females or males.
I hope you mention the incredibly disturbing normalization of pedophilia in the book. My district okayed it and as a teacher, I was appalled. I am survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and I can’t fathom why the author included that image or scene, or how anyone is okay with it.
You mean I can't be on the brink of smashing my computer on the ground until later? Dang :c
I read it! Brilliant lol. I give you an A+ for that book report.