Stone Butch Blues

Woman or man This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Goldberg, a masculine girl growing up in the Ozzie and Harriet McCarthy era and coming out as a young butch lesbian in the pre Stonewall gay drag bars of a blue collar town Stone Butch Blues traces a propulsive journey, powerfully evoking history and politics while portraying an extraordinary protagonist full of longing, vulnerability, and working class grit This once underground classic takes the reader on a roller coaster ride of gender transformation and exploration and ultimately speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever suffered or gloried in being different. Read Stone Butch Blues Author Leslie Feinberg – kino-fada.fr i teach this novel to college students, and have taught it for about three years now there is no other book, in my opinion, that divides a class so radically some students love this book and cant stop reading it, despite acknowledging that it is one depressing representation of americas history of hatred against those who live outside of the gender binary, and others hate it for the writing style, which is admittedly not the most sophisticated out there other students hate it because they s i teach this novel to college students, and have taught it for about three years now there is no other book, in my opinion, that divides a class so radically some students love this book and c...Powerful I feel crushed.Stone Butch Blues is rightfully regarded as a classic in the LGBT community It s a devastating and powerful book, and refuses to step away from how difficult life was then, and how for many people it still is I marvel at how much difference there was for people like us over the past ten years, to say n...I had put off reading Stone Butch Blues for well over a decade At first it was because I didn t think it was relevant to me, a young trans woman Everyone framed it as a lesbian novel or meant for trans men I couldn t see how I would relate to it, then But people kept recommending it, or assuming I d read it Later, I resisted reading it because I didn t want to like the thing everyone else liked and assumed I would like.Across those many years, a new canon had emerged trans women s litera I had put off reading Stone Butch Blues for well over a decade At first it was because I didn t think it was relevant to me, a young trans woman Everyone framed it as a lesbian novel or meant for trans men I couldn t see how I would relate to it, then But people kept recommending it, or assuming I d read it Later, I resisted reading it because I didn t want to like the thing everyone else liked and assumed I would like.Across those many years, a new canon had emerged trans women s literature A movement I was not only a fan of, but a small part of myself This canon centred around its own iconic b...I do not give many 5 star ratings just because I consider a 5 star rating to be hard to attain by anyone But I HAD to give 5 stars to this book I almost feel as if it is cliche to say this book is AMAZING since so many people feel the same way But I suppose that is just an attestment to the fine work that Leslie Feinberg has done in presenting Jess Goldberg s story and the struggle and oppression that she went through Utterly heartbreaking at times, this book will take you through the entire I do not give many 5 star ratings just because I consider a 5 star rating to be hard ...Actually, you said Love, for you,is larger than the usual romantic love It s like a religion It sterrifying No onewill ever want to sleep with you Richard Siken, CrushI finished Stone Butch Blue and I can t let go of the book at all, still I m holding it, I feel attached to it There s this burning sensation that accompanies great books that alter you which are extremely rare it s so bittersweet What am I gonna do after this phenomenal work It s been so long since a book shattered me,Actually, you said Love, for you,is larger than the usual romantic love It s like a religion It sterrifying No onewill ever want to sleep with you Richard Siken, CrushI finished Stone Butch Blue and I can t let go of the book at all, still I m holding it, I feel attached to it There s this burning sensation that accompanies great books that alter you which are extremely rare it s so bittersweet What am I gonna do after this phenomenal work It s been so long since a book shattered me, and tugged at my soul, am I ever going to be touched by literature...Leslie Feinberg s novel is one of those books that pops up on lists of influential or otherwise Must Read books over and over again In nearly all of its reviews, people praise it for being groundbreaking and representing the first real voice transgendered people had in the world of literature Indeed, Stone Butch Blues is a groundbreaking and monumental accomplishment.But that doesn t mean it s any good.There s a nice twist of irony in that every other character in the book is an over the top Leslie Feinberg s novel is one of those books that pops up on lists of influential or otherwise Must Read books over and over again In nearly all of its reviews, people praise it for being groundbreaking and representing the first real voice transgendered people had in the world of literature Indeed, Stone Butch Blues is a groundbreaking and monumental accomplishment.But that doesn t mean it s any good.There s a nice twist of irony in that every other character in the book is an over the top clich A wise, elderly Indian woman gives Jess a silver and turquoise ring which is meant to protect her Later, it s the Indians again in the workplace who understand and sympathize with her plight and, of course, the police are uniformly racist, sexist and abuse both their power and their prisoners to...This one was difficult to rate I give you a complicated review for a complicated book This is a coming of age novel of sorts about a transgendered gender queer person To be honest, I wasn t that into the first half of the book The writing feels really unpolished and forced, the characters lack any depth or description, and a lot of the narrative seems like a cold retelling of historical facts I m also totally unfamiliar with the lingo involved in the trans movement of the 50s and 60s, so I This one was difficult to rate I give you a complicated review for a complicated book This is a coming of age novel of sorts about a transgendered gender queer person To be honest, I wasn t that into the first half of the book The writing feels really unpolished and forced, the characters lack any depth or description, and a lot of the narrative seems like a cold retelling of historical facts I m also totally unfamiliar with the lingo involved in the trans movement of the 50s and 60s, so I often couldn t tell exactly what was going on The world portrayed by Feinberg seems very rule based Ironically, it seemed to have its own really unrelenting binary you re either a butch or a femme But since I wasn t totally familiar w...This entire story is so important, but before I get into that, I just want to share the most important words in this novel which come at the end in Feinberg s own Acknowledgements I am typing these words as June 2003 surges with pride What year is it now, as you read them What has been won What has been lost I can t see from here I can t predict But I know this You are experiencing the impact of what we in the movement take a stand on and fight for today The present and past are the tra This entire story is so important, but before I get into that, I just want to share the most important words in this novel which come at the end in Feinberg s own Acknowledgements I am typing these words as June 2003 surges with pride What year is it now, as you read them What has been won What has been lost I can t see from here I can t predict But I know this You are experiencing the impact of what we in the movement take a stand on and fight for today The present and past are the trajectory of the future But the arc of history does not bend towards justice automatically as the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass said, without struggle there is no progress.I can say this with certainty If your life is being ground up in economic machinery and the burden of oppression is heavy on your back, you hunger for liberation, and so do those around you Look for our brightly colored banners coming up over the hill of the past and into your present Listen for...ok, I know everyone and their mom thinks this is the best book ever, and really it is quite amazing and so is everything that Leslie Feinberg does But i have to say besides all the reasons everyone loves this book I remember the exact moment I read the opening letter in this book and how I was totally blown away Not just because it was this brutally honest confession about being stone butch, but just because it that kind of letter where you say everything you ever meant to and it was beautiful ok, I know everyone and their...It s been a long time since I ve been able to invest myself in a book I run around with ten projects on the go every day, and when I try to relax at night by reading I just look through the page and don t absorb a thing It takes me months to finish a book any That being said, this is the first book that I have truly loved in a very long time I thought I was broken, that reading had lost its appeal because it was just another to do on my list and I just didn t find I was truly enjoying It s been a long time since I ve been able to invest myself in a book I run around with ten projects on the go every day, and when I try to relax at night by reading I just look through the page and don t absorb a thing It takes me months to finish a book any That being said, this is the first book that I have truly loved in a very long time I thought I was broken, that reading had lost its a...

• English
• 22 February 2017
Leslie Feinberg
• Hardcover
• 308 pages
• 1555838537
• Leslie Feinberg
• Stone Butch Blues