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Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

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5.0

 'Who was I now—woman or man? That question could never be answered as long as those were the only choices; it could never be answered if it had to be asked.' 

redefining my relationship to gender and sexuality, butches forever <3 
To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

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4.0

I hope I get to reach my lighthouse
How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS by David France

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5.0

"Maybe none of us did" 
one of the best final lines of anything I've read. 
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

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4.0

this felt like a dream n I didn't want to wake up 
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker

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5.0

the conclusion to what may be my favourite trilogy of all time. 
pat barker my tees valley queen 
How to Be Both by Ali Smith

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

ohhhh this was very cool. 
gender blending makes my heart sing, and humans are always humans. 
Has to be thought about to be appreciated, however 
The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker

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4.5

i get trauma is complex but why does it have so much to do with genitals? 
Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown by Rory Carroll

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3.0

I enjoyed the info, but too much time and energy was spent making it a narrative akin to fiction, which just felt silly considering it is well known what happened