Reading Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. It, and couple of others, were recommended here recently, and is somewhat of a new genre for me, memoir / biography in graphic novel format, graphic memoir?

Got the omnibus edition, "The Complete Persepolis", it's a pretty interesting read. It's about young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution of 1979, at least the first volume, after that it's about her life after that.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I'm still working my way through Unzipping Gender: Sex, Cross-Dressing and Culture, by Charlotte Suthrell.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago (5 children)

What drew you to read this book?

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago (4 children)

The past year or two, sexual and gender variance (outside of cis-hetero-normativity) has grabbed my attention as a fascinating topic for understanding the world around me as well as helping me grow as a human. I've read a handful of books discussing inclusive theological aspects of sex/gender variance (Adrian Thatcher's Gender and Christian Ethics, Susannah Cornwall's Constructive Theology and Gender variance to name a few), as well as Queer Theology in a broad sense (Patrick Cheng's Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology, Marcella Althaus-Reid's Indecent Theology and The Queer God to name a few).

I was raised in a conservative environment which sex and gender variance were viewed as problematic or something that needed curing through religion, and I'm trying to move towards a more open and understanding mindset in which I can celebrate sex and gender variance and perhaps even explore it in my own life.

[–] bfordham 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Have you read Hanna Reichel? I have not read this book, but I've listened to some interviews they've done and am currently reading their devotional book. This is more theology focused: https://www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/0664268196-after-method/

Not sure of your religious background, but I'm an ex-evangelical and, while I'm a white, straight, middle-aged guy, I've found nothing has helped me more than reading non-white and/or non-cis folks in recent years. Mainly because it's perspectives that I have not only appreciated before, but actively thought of as bad in the past.

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

I have not, but I'll have to check that out! Thanks for the rec.

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