Intersex (for lack of a better word)

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Paperback, 159 pages

English language

Published Jan. 21, 2008 by Manic D Press.

ISBN:
978-1-933149-24-0
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OCLC Number:
216936965

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3 stars (1 review)

Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word) chronicles one person’s search for self in a world obsessed with normal. What is “intersex”? According to the Intersex Society of North America, the word describes someone born with sex chromosomes, genitalia, or an internal reproductive system that are neither clearly male nor clearly female. In first-person prose as intimate as a diary, Thea Hillman redefines memoir in a series of compelling stories that take a no-holds-barred look at sex, gender, family, and community. Whether she’s pondering quirky family tendencies (“Drag”), reflecting on “queerness” (“Another”), or recounting scintillating adventures in San Francisco’s sex clubs, Hillman’s brave and fierce vision for cultural and societal change shines through.

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reviewed Intersex (for lack of a better word) by Thea Hillman

Has some good essays but suffers from insufficient editing

3 stars

This book has some good essays! Some will stay with me for the emotional punch that Hillman landed. Some got me thinking about something I'd never thought about before.

But the essays are not organized in a way that makes much sense - they don't thematically build on each other and feel random in their order. The tonal whiplash makes for a tough read. Some of the essays are needlessly confusing. It makes me feel like the book wasn't edited. Little things like how two different essays are titled "Education" add up to feeling like this isn't a finished product.

Favourite essays: - Education (the first one) - Chang - Present - Condition - Okay

CONTENT WARNINGS: - Medical sexual violence in essay titled "Out" - Mention of sexual violence in essay titled "Reshaping"

Subjects

  • Hillman, Thea, -- 1971-
  • Intersex people -- California -- Biography

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