Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-10-10
Books mentioned on We Need Better Narratives About Gender
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Dialectic of Sex
Discussed“and you know I often assign to my students shouth firestone's chapter down with childhood from the dialectic of sex”
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The Argonauts
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson is a genre-bending work of autotheory that intertwines memoir, queer theory, and cultural criticism to explore pregnancy, love, identity, and gender transition.
Discussed“and you know there's um there's a lovely passage in Maggie Nelson's the the Argonauts where she kind of accidentally or or coincidentally Compares gender transition to aging”
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Far From the Tree
Far From the Tree is a comprehensive nonfiction book by Andrew Solomon that explores how parents navigate raising children who are profoundly different from them in identity, ability, or background.
Discussed“Andrew Solomon has this wonderful book far from the tree which is all about a variety of the horizontal identities so identities that are not passed on from parents to children”
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Conundrum
Conundrum by Jan Morris is a celebrated memoir that chronicles the author's pioneering journey as a transgender woman and renowned travel writer.
Recommended“um I love Jan Morris's Memoir conundrum Jan Morris was the British travel writer the incredible travel writer who transitioned fairly late in life”
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Who’s Afraid of Gender?
Who is Afraid of Gender? is a critical inquiry by prominent theorist and philosopher Judith Butler that examines contemporary panics and political backlashes against gender studies and gender theory.
Recommended“and Judith Butler is coming out with a book called who's afraid of gender turns out a lot of people are afraid of gender”
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