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Pregnant Butch
Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag | A. K. Summers
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First pregnancy can be a fraught, uncomfortable experience for any woman, but for resolutely butch lesbian Teek Thomasson, it is exceptionally challenging: Teek identifies as a masculine woman in a world bent on associating pregnancy with a cult of uber-femininity. Teek wonders, Can butches even get pregnant? Of course, as she and her pragmatic femme girlfriend Vee discover, they can. But what happens when they do? Written and illustrated by A.K. Summers, and based on her own pregnancy, Pregnant Butch strives to depict this increasingly common, but still underrepresented experience of queer pregnancy with humor and complexityfrom the question of whether suspenders count as legitimate maternity wear to the strains created by different views of pregnancy within a couple and finally to a culturally critical and compassionate interrogation of gender in pregnancy. Offering smart, ambitious art, this graphic memoir is a must-read for would-be pregnant butches and anyone interested in the intersection of birth and gender, as well as a perfect queer baby shower gift and conversation starter for those who always assumed they got being pregnant.
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psalva
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I absolutely loved this graphic memoir! 10/10 The incredible artwork accentuates how Summers‘ pregnancy pushed her out of her comfort zone in so many different ways, challenging her perception of herself and the people around her constantly. I really appreciated the depictions of each stage of the pregnancy, from DIY home insemination, through birthing classes, to the birth of her son. Add to that a marvelous sense of humor. Just wonderful!

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“‘Actually Mr. Duggins, I have gained weight—the reason is that I‘m going to have a baby.‘ Does anyone else have conversations like this with your landlord? … My privacy was gone.”

In the intro to this graphic memoir, Summers writes about the positive shift in public attitudes towards homosexuality and trans people. ⬇️

psalva While the difference between 2003 and 2013 when the intro was written may have been net positive, I‘m finding myself thinking of the things that have been and can still be taken away, and the things left to fight for. 10mo
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ElizaMarie
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This really was a between “so-so“ and “pick“ for me. I think its a good book for what it is. And the being pregnant while identifying as masculine thing isn't talked about and should. And not that ever book I read I need to relate (because really... do I relate to Pennywise!?) but... this one just was hard for me to relate to. But... I think it still has something to say. #PrideMonth #LGBTQ

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ElizaMarie
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How I will see men from now on !! :) Husband wasn't super thrilled when I tried it out on him :)

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ElizaMarie
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Picked this one up for #PrideMlonth while scrolling on Libby for any #LGBTQ+ titles. Graphic Novels are a perfect pace for me lately. So I figured I could read this one in between doing my laundry and all that good stuff :)

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