The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader by Joan Nestle

The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader

Joan Nestle

503 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Description

Surveys a decade of the attempt to reconstruct and understand the meaning and value of butch-femme relations for the contemporary lesbian, drawing on oral history, fiction, poetry, and fantasy

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informative 90%
reflective 80%
inspiring 70%
emotional 50%
hopeful 30%
challenging 20%
funny 10%
sad 10%

Pace

medium 72%
slow 27%

Average rating

4.36

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