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Queer: A Graphic History
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7 Reddit comments about Queer: A Graphic History:

u/NuclearHubris · 30 pointsr/lgbt

Well, so far, the class is structured by assigning a reading (or readings) per week and using class time to discuss them at length. Our classes are 3 hour classes meeting once a week. The first book we read was Queer: A Graphic Novel (which is an incredibly informative piece of work in such an easy-to-digest format, if a little densely written) and some articles by Michael Foucault, Judith Butler, David Halperin, and some other acclaimed authors writing for LGBT progress and study. Our second book was Mean by Myriam Gurba, which tbh is a masterpiece of not just lesbian expression but feminist expression and illustrating sexual trauma in a way that makes the reader uncomfortable in every way that they should be when hearing about sexual trauma. As a victim myself, I really enjoyed this book (though I had to step away from it several times because of my personal PTSD and the emotional and psychological triggering that reading about trauma causes.)

The meat of the class has not just been in the books but in the discussion. Everyone so far in my class has such a wide variety of previous knowledge and experience in LGBT study and community, ranging from "I have no idea what LGBT even stands for" to "I have published work on the LGBT topic", but every single person is there to learn and they're all incredible people from such a diverse range of places, sexualities, genders, ethnicities and even nationalities. I truly love this class and I look forward to every class meeting. The professor has been keeping assignments light and we don't really have a lot of assignments besides maybe a bi-weekly 2-3pg paper that's really more of a reading reflection, where you have to think about the in-class discussions and the readings and you can write about whatever you want as long as it's reasonably academic and makes a point of some kind (my first one was essentially thought-vomit about heteronormativity, which was a new concept to me at the start of the semester, and how rare a truly heteronormative person would be, considering everyone has "deviances" i.e. sexual preferences and kinks, as well as different wants and needs in partners and in themselves.)

u/pm_me_ur_throbbing_D · 7 pointsr/rupaulsdragrace

Queer: A Graphic History. I devoured it in a sitting and was just floored.

u/CyberaTech · 4 pointsr/niceguys

What made you think that it's my job to educate people? I'm an young adult fiction author by trade, not a teacher. If you want someone to teach you, maybe start by studying an introductory book on queer theory? Dr. Meg-John Barker has an excellent beginner's level guide available at https://www.amazon.com/Queer-Graphic-Dr-Meg-John-Barker/dp/1785780719

u/MetMet_ · 3 pointsr/queer

A great condensed and accessible resource on many concepts related to sexuality and gender is "Queer: A Graphic History". I highly recommend it!

Queer: A Graphic History https://www.amazon.com/dp/1785780719/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_1iMUDbWWNMNWS

u/rumbleberrypie · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

This book is queer, and on my wishlist as well. It's supposedly very good.

I'd also highly recommend The Song of Achilles. I've reread it a bunch of times and absolutely adore it, it's so cute. Aristotle and Dante Discover The Universe is similar and also very good.

This book is supposed to be great, also on my to-read list. It's a graphic history of queerness.

This is called Queer There and Everywhere, 23 people who changed the world. I really want to read this one too!

YAAAS QUEEN!

u/rajma45 · 2 pointsr/graphicnovels

LGBT

  • Queer: A Graphic History, as the name announces, is pretty much exactly what your looking for in in the LGBT history deptartment.

  • Love is Love isn't historical yet. But's is a response and testament to the Pulse massacre in Orlando, a historical event in LGBT history.

    Music

  • The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song is a fantastic biography of the First Family of Country Music. It won an Eisner award, if you put stock in those sorts of things. In addition to the music history it touches on the the Great Depression and on the sociology of the rural South.

  • Definitely going to second /u/DobbyDude on The Fifth Beatle. Interesting narrative structure and some of the most beautiful art I've seen in a comic.