A review by eddiford
Mine!: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefitting Planned Parenthood by Molly Jackson
4.0
This was a really lovely and emotional read. The entries are all quite short, with the longest being maybe 10 pages, and a wide range of styles and content, and with any anthology, obviously some are going to stand out and others dissapoint. Despite their brevity, many of the stories hit very hard, and I teared up a few times.
Many of the stories are autobiographical, detailing the writers' experiences with PP, along with a few short fictions and even some educational, historical comics. It's also very intersectional, detailing a wide range of people and experiences.
I have to criticisize a few stories for being a little too newspaper-political-cartoon; I think the anthology's strengths are in celebrating comraderie and community, and I think the handful that are focused on dunking on the GOP miss the point a bit. They feel out of place amid heartwrenching personal narratives.
J. Vigants' story was probably my favorite of them all, as it felt the closest to my own experience, and a transmasc voice was very much needed in the collection. And in terms of fiction, I really liked the short story by Casey Gilly & Jen Hickman based on "Rosemary's Baby."
A beautiful collection for a good cause that I'd definitely recommend.
Many of the stories are autobiographical, detailing the writers' experiences with PP, along with a few short fictions and even some educational, historical comics. It's also very intersectional, detailing a wide range of people and experiences.
I have to criticisize a few stories for being a little too newspaper-political-cartoon; I think the anthology's strengths are in celebrating comraderie and community, and I think the handful that are focused on dunking on the GOP miss the point a bit. They feel out of place amid heartwrenching personal narratives.
J. Vigants' story was probably my favorite of them all, as it felt the closest to my own experience, and a transmasc voice was very much needed in the collection. And in terms of fiction, I really liked the short story by Casey Gilly & Jen Hickman based on "Rosemary's Baby."
A beautiful collection for a good cause that I'd definitely recommend.