tayloreve07's review
She reads nonfiction now! (At least when it’s about lesbians)
celina31's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
ko_lucero's review
Sorry it’s just weird to make up stories about real people and then publish it as non fiction.
bailey_the_bookworm's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Beautifully researched, beautifully written, just a delight from start to finish. Queering the archive is always a yes from me
lethalballet's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Cool archive exploration, bit too much memoir and not enough history for me
franceschs's review
i like the vibes but i could not at all understand what this book was trying to be.
cvl_1103's review
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
A love story about lesbians. A love story to lesbians. A little piece of our history and community archived with love. 12/10. I’m not crying, you’re crying.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse
kumosayi's review
informative
medium-paced
1.75
I quite liked some of Possanza’s writing and liked getting to know some earlier lesbians that I didn’t know of. However I couldn’t quite get over the differences in how we view being homosexual. Possanza repeatedly writes that lesbians can have and enjoy sex with men. What, then, is the difference between being bisexual and homosexual? I believe this to be a dangerous mindset. I personally dealt with it growing up, believing I could find male humans attractive if I tried hard enough, even going to a psychologist to “fix” my lack of attraction. If even the label that should work as a home and explanation to girls and women like me includes finding men attractive, what should we call people like me?
That alone is not the reason for the low score alone though. I found most of the book rather boring and had to force myself to finish it. I don’t think it’s worth either the time or money.
That alone is not the reason for the low score alone though. I found most of the book rather boring and had to force myself to finish it. I don’t think it’s worth either the time or money.