gaykittens's review against another edition
1.0
Esther Newton impressively manages to be transphobic, racist, and classist without realizing a thing. It's unfortunate to waste so many words on introspection - apparently far more than an editor and five beta readers would allow in the book itself - and fail to understand some fundamental truths about one's beliefs.
coepi's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book and wish it was more widely known and accessible (I was only able to read it through my university's subscription). It's very readable and interesting and gave me quite a lot of insight into lesbian history. Also, I had fun spotting references to anthropologists I know of (Sherry Ortner, David Schneider, etc) and hearing abut what they were like as people.
My one critique of My Butch Career would be that the ending feels a little abrupt - there's not a lot of tying up loose ends and so on, it just... stops. Still, I suppose that's sometimes how autobiography goes. It also wasn't nearly enough of a problem to undermine how much I liked this book overall and would heartily recommend it.
My one critique of My Butch Career would be that the ending feels a little abrupt - there's not a lot of tying up loose ends and so on, it just... stops. Still, I suppose that's sometimes how autobiography goes. It also wasn't nearly enough of a problem to undermine how much I liked this book overall and would heartily recommend it.
legs_mcgee's review against another edition
2.0
This book reminds me of why I am not fond of memoirs as a genre.
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