Butch Is a Noun
Description
Butch is a Noun, the first book by activist, gender-jammer, and performer S. Bear Bergman,won wide acclaim when published by Suspect Thoughts in 2006: a funny, insightful, and purposely unsettling manifesto on what it means
to be butch (and not). In thirty-four deeply personal essays, Bear makes butchness accessible
to those who are new to the concept, and makes
gender outlaws of all stripes feel as though they
have come home. From girls' clothes to men's
haircuts, from walking with girls to hanging
with young men, Butch is a Noun chronicles the perplexities, dangers, and pleasures of living lifeoutside the gender binary.
This new edition includes a new afterword by the author.
Reviews
Butch is a Noun is a book that a) should be required reading in any gender studies curriculum; b) femmes should read whenever they're feeling unloved, lonely, or misunderstood; c) butches should read; d) all of the above. The answer, of course, is d. Thank you, dear Bear. -Kate Bornstein, author of Gender Outlaw