READ THIS BOOK!
Oprah has her book club [not to mention the world on a plate], so i'm starting the "B*o*B Read this book!" list. Corny, yes, but i want to be oprah and this is but a step towards that dream.
Without further ado, the first book is:
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Fienberg.
In line with my recent facination of gender, the novel's endearing protagonist Jess tells of her life; from nieve tomboy dressing up in her fathers flannel shirts to a butch woman hardened by barfights and everyday bigotry.
She struggles passionately to find her identity, sacrifices security for survival, and tries to find intimacy in femme lovers who battle similar demons. Finding in herself insecurities that are so identifiable, I read most of Feinberg's complelling story through tears (and I still have 25 pages left). You walk away from Jess's story questioning the ethics of gender and the secular pressure to fit into a homogeneous file catalog of man and woman, feminine and butch.
So what are you waiting for? READ THIS BOOK!
Without further ado, the first book is:
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Fienberg.
In line with my recent facination of gender, the novel's endearing protagonist Jess tells of her life; from nieve tomboy dressing up in her fathers flannel shirts to a butch woman hardened by barfights and everyday bigotry.
She struggles passionately to find her identity, sacrifices security for survival, and tries to find intimacy in femme lovers who battle similar demons. Finding in herself insecurities that are so identifiable, I read most of Feinberg's complelling story through tears (and I still have 25 pages left). You walk away from Jess's story questioning the ethics of gender and the secular pressure to fit into a homogeneous file catalog of man and woman, feminine and butch.So what are you waiting for? READ THIS BOOK!
posted by brian. at 9:48 AM
