A review by tildahlia
Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive by Julia Serano

4.0

If you follow Serano online, you know she does God's work in preparing forensic, and compelling, rebuttals of all means of sexism, transphobia, trans-misogyny in ways most never have the patience for. She's clearly self-reflective and a deep thinker. I'm currently thinking a lot about how we relate/communicate in leftist circles, so particularly enjoyed the bits on call-out culture and safe spaces (which seemed to inform Contrapoints' most recent video on cancelling). She also does a great job critiquing terf and terf-adjacent views (including pointing out the hypocrisy associated with accusations trans women reinforce the gender binary). I did want more out of the chapter on the interaction of bisexuality and non-binary gender identity? Her writing style is so weirdly unique - very matter-of-fact and functional (the scientist in her) yet peppered with personal anecdotes and story-telling. A very readable and solid 3.5