Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
Limerence Press (2019), 96 pages
Description
"Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience through informative comics, interviews, worksheets, and imaginative examples. A great starting point for anyone curious about queer and trans life, and helpful for those already on their own journeys!"--Back cover.
User reviews
LibraryThing member pomo58
This is one of those books that, almost by definition, is going to attract both praise and reasonable criticism. On the whole I think this book serves a purpose, namely, to help people, however they or others want to identify them, better understand the dynamic and ever-changing world. People are
Having said all of that, I think a work that makes an honest effort to engage more people who are open-minded but not sure where to look for information is a good thing. Is this the book I would have written in the same situation? Probably not. Nor would anyone else probably. Those are personal differences based largely on what our personal histories would have us emphasize or deemphasize.
This is well worth reading, take from it what you can, look for better options where you think the book fell short. But if this book helps any people to begin to try to better understand those around them then I think it is well worth it, warts and all.
Reviewed from the publisher via NetGalley.
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largely what we have always been, but we are starting to be more open and coming to understand ourselves, and hopefully others, better. The ever-changing has to do with terminology and definitions. I started in queer theory in the late 80s and many of the terms I used, and some I still prefer, are outdated. Some for good reason and some because part of taking control of ourselves when society isn't always helpful is to tweak terminology and then, occasionally, stand aghast that people not in the know couldn't magically guess what word of the week is preferred now. It is empowering, I agree, but also slows down actual progress. And I acknowledge I stand in the minority within my own community about this.Having said all of that, I think a work that makes an honest effort to engage more people who are open-minded but not sure where to look for information is a good thing. Is this the book I would have written in the same situation? Probably not. Nor would anyone else probably. Those are personal differences based largely on what our personal histories would have us emphasize or deemphasize.
This is well worth reading, take from it what you can, look for better options where you think the book fell short. But if this book helps any people to begin to try to better understand those around them then I think it is well worth it, warts and all.
Reviewed from the publisher via NetGalley.
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LibraryThing member villemezbrown
I found this very worthwhile and educational. It was good to reinforce the things I already know, and I found out about other things of which I was ignorant and still need to wrap my mind around, particularly the spectrum of asexuality and the role of libido. ("Plenty of asexual people still
The cartoonish art, snail narrator (snails are hermaphrodites), and color scheme were off-putting at first, but I grew to appreciate the lightness they brought to what could be some pretty heavy material. I never warmed up to the Sproutlings though with their sickly sweet Fraggle Rock/Smurfs vibe.
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masturbate or even have sex with their partners.)The cartoonish art, snail narrator (snails are hermaphrodites), and color scheme were off-putting at first, but I grew to appreciate the lightness they brought to what could be some pretty heavy material. I never warmed up to the Sproutlings though with their sickly sweet Fraggle Rock/Smurfs vibe.
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LibraryThing member jennybeast
Informative, quick read, great positivity and clear messages about acceptance of self and others. Liked the graphic novel aspect of it, although I found the intervening green sections to be a bit confusing -- I understand that they were meant as a sort of example narrative, but I found them a bit
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jarring. Still, lovely little book, very clear, appropriate for all ages. Show Less
LibraryThing member caedocyon
It's hard to write a review of 101 stuff when you're not the audience. This is a hodgepodge of the authors' strong opinions on pet topics loosely related to gender and sexuality, presented as universal truths... but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad intro, esp for the younger audiences it's
If you are bored of "X is valid!"-type identity platitudes, this book is not for you.
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(apparently?) oriented towards.If you are bored of "X is valid!"-type identity platitudes, this book is not for you.
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LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan
There is lots of great information in this book. It’s put in a graphic novel format that is easy for most people to read and understand. However, I do not find it as successful as its companion, books. The reason being is that this information is being given to the reader by a snail. And there
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are little stories in between each chapter that are about some type of “being” wanting to be different. I understand the purpose of the mini stories between the chapters but it’s the snail. Sometimes the snail does let human characters take over talking about certain subjects, but for the most part, it’s a snail. Maybe this is done to reach a younger audience. Who knows it’s just such a weird way to present this book as compared to its companion books. Overall while the information is good, the way it’s presented makes this a book I will not be putting in our collection. Show Less
LibraryThing member g33kgrrl
This book was review for me, but I wish it was written to be more accessible for younger people. Conceptually I think it's fine, but linguistically it's written at a fairly high reading level, and I think using more accessible language would make this resource more available for younger readers.
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(Yes, I'm thinking of my 7-year-old here.) Show Less
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
7 inches
ISBN
1620105861 / 9781620105863