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A review by pandaspages
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
5.0
I’m so glad this book popped up on my radar.
Maia’s (who uses the spivak pronouns e/em/eir) writing is spectacular and the graphics are out of this world.
This memoir will be a comfort to those who don’t feel that the body they have aligns with who they are. Maia’s family and friends for the most part were supportive of em and it appeared that they did their best to understand how em felt.
One of the most memorable moments for me in this graphic novel occurs on page 71. You have to spin your device/the page to read the words on that page and it like I was spiraling as I was twisting my device. It felt like a direct representation of how Maia may have been feeling at that moment. At the moment that e was trying to figure out how e identified.
Another memorable moment for me was seeing the graphic of how Maia felt after the first time e had a pap smear. I remember having a visceral reaction to it. I immediately had the thought of how difficult it must have been for Maia after that actual appointment if just the visual representation of how e felt caused me feel that way.
I recommend reading this if you you:
-are struggling with your gender identity or sexuality
-you want to learn more about being queer and/or non binary
-you want to learn more about being an ally
Gender Queer is one of the most challenged books in the United States right now. Reading it can literally save lives of queer youth.
Maia’s (who uses the spivak pronouns e/em/eir) writing is spectacular and the graphics are out of this world.
This memoir will be a comfort to those who don’t feel that the body they have aligns with who they are. Maia’s family and friends for the most part were supportive of em and it appeared that they did their best to understand how em felt.
One of the most memorable moments for me in this graphic novel occurs on page 71. You have to spin your device/the page to read the words on that page and it like I was spiraling as I was twisting my device. It felt like a direct representation of how Maia may have been feeling at that moment. At the moment that e was trying to figure out how e identified.
Another memorable moment for me was seeing the graphic of how Maia felt after the first time e had a pap smear. I remember having a visceral reaction to it. I immediately had the thought of how difficult it must have been for Maia after that actual appointment if just the visual representation of how e felt caused me feel that way.
I recommend reading this if you you:
-are struggling with your gender identity or sexuality
-you want to learn more about being queer and/or non binary
-you want to learn more about being an ally
Gender Queer is one of the most challenged books in the United States right now. Reading it can literally save lives of queer youth.