Butch Is a NounReadHowYouWant.com, 26 nov 2010 - 272 pagine Butch is a Noun, the first book by activist, gender-jammer, and performer S. Bear Bergman,won wide acclaim when published by Suspect Thoughts in 2006: a funny, insightful, and purposely unsettling manifesto on what it meansto be butch (and not). In thirty-four deeply personal essays, Bear makes butchness accessibleto those who are new to the concept, and makesgender outlaws of all stripes feel as though theyhave come home. From girls' clothes to men'shaircuts, from walking with girls to hangingwith young men, Butch is a Nounchronicles the perplexities, dangers, and pleasures of living lifeoutside the gender binary.This new edition includes a new introduction by the author. |
Sommario
NOTES | 7 |
DEFENDING | 13 |
TRANNY | 19 |
WALKING WITH | 26 |
BEING A BUTCH WITH YOUNG | 35 |
BREASTS | 42 |
WHY IM NOT A NICE YOUNG | 51 |
BORDER | 62 |
WATCHING | 71 |
WHITE BUTTONDOWN | 79 |
THE HONORABLE BUTCH OFFICE | 90 |
BOXER | 99 |
THAT | 106 |
FOIE | 114 |
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