A review by elisekatherine
Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive, by Julia Serano
5.0
This wasn't a perfect book, sure, but it was a book I really needed to read right now (especially after certain other books on queer stuff I read recently). I've had a lot of trouble with radical communities and extreme Discourse that's made me feel alienated and frustrated, and the articulate, compassionate way in which Serano set forth her ideas and made a case for a more complex and nuanced approach was incredibly heartening to read.
Her writing on the complexity of human experience and the need to recognize heterogeneity and avoid assuming that we know everything there is to know was powerfully resonant to me. Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in queer activism, or activism in general.
Would have loved to see more discussion of bisexuality and asexuality, but that's not Serano's area of focus and her theories are easily applied to other situations.
Her writing on the complexity of human experience and the need to recognize heterogeneity and avoid assuming that we know everything there is to know was powerfully resonant to me. Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in queer activism, or activism in general.
Would have loved to see more discussion of bisexuality and asexuality, but that's not Serano's area of focus and her theories are easily applied to other situations.