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Gender Queer: Een Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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readingbrb's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

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deyonce54's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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alisonannk's review against another edition

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emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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chickaboogawah's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I really loved this book and hope to share it with many people. Maia clearly explains eir thoughts and choices growing up, and I hope my kids are inspired by em.
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wad3mil3sgarru2's review against another edition

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informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

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maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was such a good reflection on figuring yourself out.
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pacifickat's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

I particularly admired how this story navigates conversations around consent, and considering the needs of another in a relationship the way you would want to be considered. This might mean walking away from a potential relationship because you know what the other person wants is not what you can or want to give at the time. It also means walking away when you feel uncomfortable rather than feeling obligated to engage in an interaction at your own expense. It's ok to ask for what you want and voice how you would like to be treated. Maia seems like a gentle soul, and I admired eir courage and kindness in relational and social situations in this story.
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k_williams_15's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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charliemaigne's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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cymbal_curtain's review against another edition

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emotional funny tense medium-paced

3.0

This book was ok. This is a book about growing up queer mostly. about question gender and sexuality and about hanging out with friends and partners.


1) this book presents "brain sexes" as a scientific truth. This is instead a very controversial topic, without scientific consensus. read the linked for more info (it backs up my claim and is a scientific journal)
https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-022-00448-w

2) it, if not misinforms, at least confuses, the reader about what "asexual" means. Although the word has some multiple meanings, it primarily means not experiencing attraction, not "not masturbating". And it's fine to me if the author identifies/identified to some extent with the label, but because this is a book I'm a bit disappointed about this.

cws:
 I can't list this in the storygraph system as a content warning, but the book does contain romance.

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