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x, 319 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"A heart-wrenching, eye-opening, and giggle-inducing memoir about what it's like to grow up not sure if you're (a) a boy, (b) a girl, (c) something in between, or (d) all of the above"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"From the moment a doctor in Raleigh, North Carolina, put 'male' on Jacob Tobia's birth certificate, everything went wrong. Alongside 'male' came many other, far less neutral words: words that carried expectations about who Jacob was and who Jacob should be, words like 'masculine' and 'aggressive' and 'cargo shorts' and 'SPORTS!' Naturally sensitive, playful, creative, and glitter-obsessed, as a child Jacob was given the label 'sissy.' In the two decades that followed, 'sissy' joined forces with 'gay,' 'trans,' 'nonbinary,' and 'too-queer-to-function' to become a source of pride and, today, a rallying cry for a much-needed gender revolution. Through revisiting their childhood and calling out the stereotypes that each of us have faced, Jacob invites us to rethink what we know about gender and offers a bold blueprint for a healed world--one free from gender-based trauma and bursting with trans-inclusive feminism. From Jacob's Methodist upbringing and the hallowed halls of Duke University to the portrait-laden parlors of the White House, Sissy takes you on a gender odyssey you won't soon forget. Writing with the fierce honesty, wildly irreverent humor, and wrenching vulnerability that have made them a media sensation, Jacob shatters the long-held notion that people are easily sortable into 'men' and 'women.' Sissy guarantees that you'll never think about gender--both other people's and your own--the same way again."--Dust jacket. |
| Contents |
A quick manifesto Part I: Kiddo. The girls next door ; Nerds and wizards and Jesus, oh my! ; Inharmonious hormones -- Part II: Teenage dreams. A very dramatic (first) coming out ; In my own two shoes, on my own two feet -- Part III: Big queen on campus. A gothic wonderland, a major letdown ; Beloved token ; Sissy, femme, queer, and proud ; Dear Mom and Dad -- Epilogue: Notes to self. |
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Tobia, Jacob, 1991-
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Gender-nonconforming people -- United States -- Biography.
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Gender-nonconforming people. (OCoLC)fst01985432
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBT.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9780735218826 (hardcover) |
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073521882X (hardcover) |
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9780735218833 (epub) |
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