Tomboyland
by Melissa Faliveno
Yeah, I'm done with this. Not interesting, not as novel as she thinks she is, too fucking long. One little idea has been pulled like taffy into a thin 35-page essay, over and over.
I read:
"The Finger of God"
"Tomboy" - ok, like, as a fellow bisexual genderqueer butch, I get it, but this doesn't even get to the level of a good twitter thread. Stop moping and change your fucking name, your pain and ambivalence isn't that profound.
"Switch-Hitter"
Half of "Meat and Potatoes" - good description of being flogged, but this is impressively boring for being a personal essay about BDSM.