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 enlarge | Author: Jennifer Baumgardner
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 45123
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0374531080
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9780374531089
ASIN: 0374531080
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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 Walking the Line and Loving It February 28, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Reading Jennifer Baumgardner's Look Both Ways is like discovering that you share a secret with a friend you've known all your life. Part-memoir, part-cultural critique, the book is essential for anyone who wants to understand bisexuality and how it fits into our culture. On a personal note, as a woman who's been repeatedly rejected and trampled on by men, Look Both Ways helped me to realize it's not so strange to find the emotional support I need in relationships with women. Using Ani DiFranco, Anne Heche, the L-Word, and Virginia Woolf as her gateways into pop culture, Baumgardner both deflates and embraces the bisexual stereotypes she discusses. As a single mom and an advocate for feminism and reproductive rights, Jennifer Baumgardner is a pillar of strength in a world of Paris Hiltons. Today, people might be willing to embrace "alternative" lifestyle choices if you'd label yourself so they can package you up and stack you on the shelf with the rest of the queers. In this book, Baumgardner makes the point of saying it isn't that easy--sexuality is a complicated creature, with every experience, every moment of one's life influencing who we choose to love. With interviews from women from all walks of life, Look Both Ways helped me to really consider and ultimately embrace the ambiguities of my sexuality--she helped me lift the stigma I'd associated with my relationships past. And I can't think of anything more important than a book that makes you stop and reevaluate your life for the better.
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