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Género Queer: una autobiografía by Maia Kobabe

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l888nightreader's review against another edition

3.0

i wanted to read this and see what all the huff was about considering it’s a banned book across the nation. spoiler: there’s nothing to huff over unless you can’t say the words sex, gender, sexuality, and feelings without having a full body reaction. i don’t know what age group this is taught or presented for, but i think this would be very helpful for the young babes out there that are struggling with identity and/or haven’t given it much thought. the inclusion of different identities and different pronouns was rly cool—i haven’t seen those types of pronouns used and it took a while to get in the swing of reading, but i think i got it! it was also a comic book which i loveeee to read. it was a memoir and beautifully told. i do wish the book was a bit more chronologically ordered but i’m probs nitpicking.

savvystory's review against another edition

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5.0

Wow, so much of this hit home for me even though a lot of it has not been my experience. I guess that’s what makes a good memoir. I appreciate that Maia Kobabe normalized feeling uncomfortable correcting people when they get pronouns wrong, and that learning to live in your identity confidently is a work in progress. I appreciate the book ended with them seemingly still sorting through everything. It didn’t end with a strident proclamation of their labels, and that’s okay because that’s real for a lot of people.

indiekay's review against another edition

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5.0

This book has been on my TBR for SO long, and the moment I started it I loved it so much that I had the though "why haven't I read this sooner?????"

I excepted it to be a lot heavier than it was, but it definitely hits heavier topics with a sense of humour and optimism.

Maia Kobabe has both a great art style and a fantastic scene for story-telling. If I ever decide to make an auto-biographical comic I will definitely list this one as one of my biggest inspirations in doing so.

snorkgurl's review against another edition

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This book was very groundbreaking in its content matter and I am so glad that the author was able to tell eir story in a fairly well done comic. Personally I found the author’s personal feelings about sex and desire to be presented in too much of an… objective way? I am easily annoyed by aspec people implying allos are dirty or gross or whatever. “Why have sex when you can have cake?” etc lol. Especially as a queer allo person. But that is a touchy subject for me personally, and maybe it is for you too. Either way- it takes a lot of guts and honesty to make a book like this and I have an intense respect for the author and eir work… even if I find it a bit corny lol. A 2.5 star for me, but I won’t rate it because I do not want it to affect the book’s overall rating. Especially since there are so many bad faith bigoted reviews rating this based on their hateful political beliefs. To those bad faith bigots, you clearly need to read this book again and practice empathy.