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pickI really loved this essay collection. Faliveno explores having grown up in Wisconsin (she has a deep love for the place and its people), gender (she is genderqueer), and more. Her writing is lovely and really grabbed me.
CW for rape
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️ My February ‘21 #bookspin selection. I‘m glad I picked this up as a Kindle free selection...not sure that I would‘ve discovered the title otherwise. Faliveno shares moving essays woven together by her interactions with gender, identity, sexuality, and the intersection of all those things. Plus I definitely envy her Roller Derby life (Harlot Brontë) ?.
My February #Bookspin selections. Excited to focus on my Kindle reads; there are some great titles hiding in there. 🤗📚💜
"In my midwestern BDSM scene, play parties at people's houses always doubled as potlucks."
[If that isn't midwestern I don't know what is! I'm still laughing.....]
so-soWide-ranging collection of essays. A couple of these I really loved (The title essay and an essay about girls and sports). But, overall, just a so-so in part because there were so many disparate topics it lacked some cohesion.
pickI hope Faliveno adapts this and publishes a middle grade version. Especially the tornado essay, and sports. We need more books with girls in sports.
pickA beautifully written, timely collection of essays exploring a diverse range of topics. She uses her own upbringing and personal opinions and experiences to bring to life these essays. Topics of gender expression and sexuality, Christian upbringing, feminism, rage, identity, home, belonging and more. This made me think a lot about where we grow up, the landscape and community's effect on our identities. Out Aug 4th! #bookreview
