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PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality [Paperback]

Carol Queen (Editor), Lawrence Schimel (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Cleis Press; First Edition edition (10 Jan 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1573440744
  • ISBN-13: 978-1573440745
  • Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 14 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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These writings by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered authors explore the queer erotic reality that lies beyond the boundaries of gender, separation and essentialist notions of sexual orientation. Contributors include Pat Califia, Carol Queen and Dorothy Allison.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not as amazing as it could have been but good. 10 Jan 2012
By Quiet Riot Girl
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Pomosexuals tells the story of a certain period in our sexuality history. The 1990s were all about 'fragmenting' identities.

So the essays and stories focus on questioning the categories of man, woman, gay, straight, bisexual, transexual( the word was used more in those days) and 'queer'.

John Weir stood out for me. his piece about being a homosexual man, looking to get laid by a woman for the first time was hilarious and poignant.

Pat Calfia was good but a bit 'rigid' about masculinity, as were a lot of the writers. As if you have to have a dick or a strap-on to be 'masculine'.

A good read overall but it didn't blow me a way.

I prefer Anti Gay edited by Mark Simpson (1996)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Variety IS the Spice of Life 11 Jan 2001
By JCB - Published on Amazon.com
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I wanted to read more after I finished the book. Yet, within the space of close to 200 pages, POMOSEXUALS touched upon issues most of us either ignore (because we can) or lack the words to discuss. And indeed the essays within the anthology managed to challenge assumptions of gender and sexuality, creating, hopefully, words and spaces to talk about the unspeakable. As the collection proved, gender and sexuality can no longer be thought of in binary notions, rather a full-range of transgressive possibilities exist--which I think is the root of pomosexuality (postmodern sexuality problematizes our assumptions of gender/sexuality). And in my opinion it is exactly those possibilities that make life exciting; such an opinion as shown in several of the essays is threatening even to 'the lesbian and gay community' and especially to society as a whole. I found all the essays well written, provocative, and honest; each of the essays moved me in one sense or another. This is a collection not to be missed. It is a quick and enriching read. My only criticism would be that it wasn't long enough. I wanted to read more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a.k.a., Gender Theory for Dummies 16 May 1999
By "yitzy" - Published on Amazon.com
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If you want to read really cutting-edge gender theory, but don't have the experience or patience for Haraway and Butler, try this one. Short, incredibly accessible essays.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, surprising, thought-provoking 14 Nov 2000
By Joan Mazza - Published on Amazon.com
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The subtitle of the book says it all and this book fulfills its promise. In this anthology, writers talk about their most personal experiences of themselves as sexual beings: the gender they feel they are-sometimes in contrast to their physical bodies, what sexual experiences feel in synch with their arousal, and how each of these are changeable over the course of a lifetime.

None of the authors fit the general expectation of lesbian, gay, bi, or transgendered. If a self-identified lesbian and a gay man are partnered sexually, how do they then define themselves? Why are bisexuals so often discriminated against by gays and lesbians as well as by the general public? And in terms of being part of a community, how do others label them?

Understanding the fluidity of desire and identity can reveal these mysteries, which challenge the queer community as well as mainstream folks who worry about how children will be raised and what makes a family.

"PoMo" refers to postmodern as the editors articulate so well on page 21 "Postmodern thought invites us to get used to the Zen notion of "multiple subjectivies" ---the idea that there is no solid, objective reality, that each of us experiences our reality subjectively affected (or influenced) by our unique circumstances. This mode of thought encourages overlapping and sometimes contradictory realities, a life of investigation and questioning as opposed to essentialism's quest for the One Truth, the innate quality, indubitable facts on a silver platter, the answer to everything."

Each essay is honest, thoughtful, and very well written. I enjoyed this book more than I would have guessed and look forward to reading other work by the individual authors.

~~Joan Mazza, author of DREAM BACK YOUR LIFE; WHO'S CRAZY ANYWAY; THINGS THAT TICK ME OFF; and EXPLORING YOUR SEXUAL SELF, A GUIDED JOURNAL (May 2001).

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