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A review by caseythereader
Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
📚 Oh wow, it is hard to write about this book without crying! SISSY is riotously funny, highly educational, and gloriously proud.
📚 I love that there are more and more memoirs and stories by nonbinary people coming into existence, showing us it is possible and valid to not fit neatly into a gender box, and that within that, there are many ways to be nonbinary.
📚 Tobia's voice shines through the writing - even though I read the print version I could practically hear them reading it out loud in my head.
📚 I think one of the most important things about SISSY is the discussion of how traumatic the enforcement of gender roles can be. Even if you are cisgender, the fact that we're still policed into very narrow definitions of what "girl" or "boy" means is so hurtful and keeps so many people from feeling free to be themselves.
📚 I love that there are more and more memoirs and stories by nonbinary people coming into existence, showing us it is possible and valid to not fit neatly into a gender box, and that within that, there are many ways to be nonbinary.
📚 Tobia's voice shines through the writing - even though I read the print version I could practically hear them reading it out loud in my head.
📚 I think one of the most important things about SISSY is the discussion of how traumatic the enforcement of gender roles can be. Even if you are cisgender, the fact that we're still policed into very narrow definitions of what "girl" or "boy" means is so hurtful and keeps so many people from feeling free to be themselves.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry