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Butch Is a Noun cover photograph by Coren Michael Rau gay & lesbian studies/gender studies A Featured Alternate Selection
Written by award-winning playwright and inveterate storyteller S. Bear Bergman, Butch Is a Noun picks up where gender theory leaves off. It makes butchness accessible to those who are new to the concept, and makes gender outlaws of all stripes feel as though they have come home—if home is a place where everyone understands you and approves of your haircut. From girls' clothes to men's underwear and what lies beyond, Butch Is a Noun chronicles the pleasures and dangers of living life outside the gender binary.
Read an excerpt from Butch Is a Noun.
S. Bear Bergman is a writer, a theater artist, an instigator, a gender-jammer, and a good example of what happens when you overeducate a contrarian. Ze is also a frequent lecturer at more than a hundred universities regarding issues relating to gender and sexuality, and has advised the staff of numerous institutions on policies regarding transgendered and transsexual students.
Read "Butch Is a Noun is a book that... a) should be required reading in any gender studies curriculum, b) femmes should read whenever they're feeling unloved, lonely, or misunderstood, c) butches should read, d) all of the above. The answer, of course, is d. Thank you, dear Bear." Pick it up or order it at your favorite book store! A high-resolution Butch Is a Noun Publisher: Greg Wharton |
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