Mar. 17-31, 2020
Featured Library Books: Gender Studies
The campus library is still open through Spring Break. (After that, we’ll see.) Before you leave for Spring Break, you can still check out library books. Here’s our Books Editor’s pick for this issue:
“You
’re in the Wrong Bathroom!” And 20 Other Myths and Misconceptions About Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People
’re in the Wrong Bathroom!” And 20 Other Myths and Misconceptions About Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People by Laura Erickson-Schroth and Laura A. Jacobs
You’re in the Wrong Bathroom brings attention to 20 different myths about transgender and gender-nonconforming people—as one could guess from the title. These myths are often disguised as common courtesy or fact, though they’re not either, according to the authors. For example, take chapter six, “It’s Rude to Ask How You Should Address Someone” (It’s not.). Or chapter 16, “Testosterone Makes You Angry and Estrogen Makes You Emotional” (It’s not that black and white.). Or chapter 20, “Trans People and Feminists Don’t Get Along” (No, no, and no.).
This book poses poses regular, day-to-day questions or misconceptions, and examines them in more than one light. The reading is easy, though the topics can be emotionally difficult for some. If even one of the chapter titles piques your interest, I recommend you give the book, or at least that chapter, a read. The book will not only help you understand what it means to be trans or gender-nonconforming, but it also may help you understand the biases and other challenges these individuals face on a daily basis.
You’re in the Wrong Bathroom brings attention to 20 different myths about transgender and gender-nonconforming people—as one could guess from the title. These myths are often disguised as common courtesy or fact, though they’re not either, according to the authors. For example, take chapter six, “It’s Rude to Ask How You Should Address Someone” (It’s not.). Or chapter 16, “Testosterone Makes You Angry and Estrogen Makes You Emotional” (It’s not that black and white.). Or chapter 20, “Trans People and Feminists Don’t Get Along” (No, no, and no.).
This book poses poses regular, day-to-day questions or misconceptions, and examines them in more than one light. The reading is easy, though the topics can be emotionally difficult for some. If even one of the chapter titles piques your interest, I recommend you give the book, or at least that chapter, a read. The book will not only help you understand what it means to be trans or gender-nonconforming, but it also may help you understand the biases and other challenges these individuals face on a daily basis.
Other Gender Studies Books in the Marinette Campus Library:
- After Marriage Equality: The Future of Equal Rightsby Carlos A. Ball
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Outby Susan Kuklin
- Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersexby Elizabeth Reis
- Gender Outlaw—On Men, Women, and the Rest of Usby Kate Bornstein
—Emily Burns, Books Editor