Queer Lit

'Q***r: A Graphic History Could Totally Change the Way You Think About S*x and Gender' Vice Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Jules Scheele illuminate the histories of q***r thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Q***r explores how we came to view s*x, gender and s*xuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and s*xology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged. Along the way we look at key landmarks which shift our perspective of what's 'normal' - Alfred Kinsey's view of s*xuality as a spectrum, Judith Butler's view of gendered behaviour as a performance, the play Wicked, or moments in Casino Royale when we're invited to view James Bond with the kind of desiring gaze usually directed at female bodies in mainstream media.

Presented in a brilliantly engaging and witty style, this is a unique portrait of the universe of q***r thinking.

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