Full name: Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity

Author: Matt Bernstein Sycamore Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781580051842 1580051847

Nobody Passes is a collection of essays that confronts and challenges the very notion of belonging. By examining the perilous intersections of identity, categorization, and community, contributors challenge societal mores and countercultural norms. Nobody Passes explores and critiques the various systems of power seen (or not seen) in the act of “passing.” In a pass-fail situation, standards for acceptance may vary, but somebody always gets trampled on. This anthology seeks to eliminate the pressure to pass and thereby unearth the delicious and devastating opportunities for transformation that might create.Mattilda, aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore, has a history of editing anthologies based on brazen nonconformity and gender defiance. Mattilda sets out to ask the question, “What lies are people forced to tell in order to gain acceptance as 'real'.” The answers are as varied as the life experiences of the writers who tackle this urgent and essential topic. Similar books: GenderQueer by Joan Nestle Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein My Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein Trans Liberation by Leslie Feinberg Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein Butch is a Noun by S. Bear Bergman PoMoSexuals by Carol Queen Sex Changes by Patrick Califia The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You by S. Bear Bergman Female Masculinity by J. Jack Halberstam From the Inside Out by Morty Diamond