It's an admittedly ambitious project to try and cover 500 years of queer history in roughly 250 pages, but I was disappointed that Bronski adopted sucIt's an admittedly ambitious project to try and cover 500 years of queer history in roughly 250 pages, but I was disappointed that Bronski adopted such a dichotomous approach (you're either gay or straight/either male or female). There were some compelling sections, and he certainly did his research, but it ultimately felt like too much breadth, not enough depth. ...more
My grandmother gave this to me recently with a note that read, "You already possess a charm all your own, but these books do hold 'extra' avenues to cMy grandmother gave this to me recently with a note that read, "You already possess a charm all your own, but these books do hold 'extra' avenues to charm." Wee bit of a backhanded compliment! Given its original copyright date of 1928, the advice within wasn't particularly relevant (and was, at times, offensive from a modern viewpoint), but was a really interesting historical read. Also apparently the term "bug-a-boo" was extant in the 1920s....more
