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Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex

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by: Judith Butler

September 20, 1993
This book clarifies much of Foucault was saying in History of Sexuality. Butler is careful, however, to not borrow the models Foucault uses, thereby, avoids some of the mistakes and gaps that occur in his thinking, namely the silence on women. Butler, more than Foucault, is not willing to settle the debate on sexuality merely as the obtaining and disseminating of pleasures and how those bodies perform them. Rather, she takes bodies as always already gender indeterminate and destablilizes their performatives further to show how bodies are marked by gender as well as race, class, sexulaity, etc. and how these categories are also destabilized within the perfomative. I highly recommend this book to feminist and queer theorists and well ... Read More:

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Standish

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by: Erastes

November 30, 2006
This book is very engaging from the start. Standish also works well as a period piece. making it very easy to imagine the period in which it is set.

Give it a go. I still think about the characters every so often. surely the sign of a great book.

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Kissing Kate

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by: Lauren Myracle

April 19, 2007
It was just a Kiss. Kate and Lissa were best friends. Then one night last summer at a drunken party, Kate leaned in to kiss Lissa, and Lissa kissed her back. Now Kate is pretending Lissa doesn't exist. Confused and alone, Lissa's left questioning everything she thought she knew aboutherself, and about life. But with the help of a new friend, Lissa is beginning to relize that sometimes falling in love with the wrong person is the only way to find your footing.

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The Palace of Varieties

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by: James Lear

April 03, 2008
This is the book I wish I'd written myself. It's sleazy and highly explicit; not for the faint-hearted. But it summons up brilliantly the atmosphere of the Halls and of the queer subculture of the thirties, (not that I remember!)

Paul Lemoyne is a pretty unpleasant character, but like his few real friends, you can't quite abandon him, and despite yourself, you care what happens to him. I suppose the fact that he knows he's behaving badly is a considerable redeeming feature. The end suggests that this may be the first of a series -- I would guess a trilogy -- a prospect which makes me very happy.

The book is written in spare prose and with a lightness of touch which makes it a pleasure to read.

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Coyote Sky

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by: Gerri Hill

September 30, 2006
I really liked this one. As always, Gerri Hill brings the scenery alive and constructs believable characters. I guess some of it can be called predictable, but overall this one makes a damn good reading on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

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Junjo Romantica: v. 5 (Junjo Romantica)

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by: Shungiku Nakamura

October 20, 2008
I really liked this one. As always, Gerri Hill brings the scenery alive and constructs believable characters. I guess some of it can be called predictable, but overall this one makes a damn good reading on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

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Bareback

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by: Chris Owen

July 01, 2003
I loved this book from start to finish.

When I got past the first few chapters, I did wonder if the story would be able to continue to be so good, all the way to page 371, but it did. It has all the elements of a good story, in my opinion. Believable characters who I actually cared about, angst, hot sex and excellent writing that never allowed the story to become stale. I enjoyed it so much, I have just ordered another book by Chris Owen.

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Without Warning: Bk. 1 (Shaken): 1 (Shaken)

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by: K.G. MacGregor

May 24, 2008
I have to admit K. G. MacGregor is one of my favorite writers. Her characters are very realistic and her language is good. She's a bit mushy at times... I'll give you that. But not more than what you want... 'cos hey - that's why we read this stuff.

This is actually a rewrite of K. G. MacGregor's first story published. It's fine book - a very good read that you can't keep your hands off.

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Cooper's Deale

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by: K.I. Thompson

October 03, 2008
I have to admit K. G. MacGregor is one of my favorite writers. Her characters are very realistic and her language is good. She's a bit mushy at times... I'll give you that. But not more than what you want... 'cos hey - that's why we read this stuff.

This is actually a rewrite of K. G. MacGregor's first story published. It's fine book - a very good read that you can't keep your hands off.

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Blessed Twice

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by: Lynn Galli

August 11, 2008
I have to admit K. G. MacGregor is one of my favorite writers. Her characters are very realistic and her language is good. She's a bit mushy at times... I'll give you that. But not more than what you want... 'cos hey - that's why we read this stuff.

This is actually a rewrite of K. G. MacGregor's first story published. It's fine book - a very good read that you can't keep your hands off.