Subscribe to Read | $0.00
Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!
Quick and Easy Sign Up!
It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.
Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!
Quick and Easy Sign Up!
It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.
Read Anywhere and on Any Device!
Rate this book!
Write a review?
Boys Like Her is a pretty awesome book. It was my first introduction to the world of butches and masculine minds in female bodies - and to Ivan Coyote's writing.The stories, poetry and photography in the book are in general very good. The ones I treasured most were the glimpses into their lives and relationships, the stories where they talked about themselves and each other.
So so so good!!! I've always loved Ivan and they've always been great - I fell in love all over again through this book. Has a distinctly 90s feel, and the queer scene they describe is sort of familiar even though I've never experienced it - it's part shock performance part heartfelt confessional, and really nice. Definitely recommend!!!
this was one of my first adventures into gay lit, so my rating might be a bit skewed. to be honest, i don't really remember most of the stories, so perhaps this rating should just be ignored all together. or maybe i should re-read it.
This collection frequently felt very jarring to me. I can see how it was an adaptation of a live show rather than original pieces meant to be published. Only a few pieces really stuck out to me. I enjoyed Ivan's contributions most, with Lyndell's next, which especially hit very hard at my core. I did enjoy Anna's poems as well, particularly "Things Happen in Threes." I do think it would have been more worthwhile to see the live show rather than read an adaptation of it overall.
If you didn't like this book honestly please don't tell me about it because every story in here got like under my skin in a way that when I had read everything I felt like I was saying goodbye to friends.
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I bought a copy and gave it the local Gay Youth group, but it should be available in every library. Loved Ivan Coyote and Lindell Montgomery's sections, but none of the writers/performers are second rate here. Photos are as thought provoking as the text. I only wish I had the opportunity to see Taste This live.
Roommate let me borrow this title after she found me reading one of Ivans book. Didnt really want to give it back though its somewhat comforting to know its still in the house. Im sure the public library where I work had a copy until somebody stole it...Im just saying
These are some of the most sincere voices in any book I have ever read-- a frankness on gender and gender ambiguity that is rare, including refreshing honesty about the confusion that most gender non-normative folks face, and how to live and love with integrity despite that-- they may not always know who they are, but they sure as hell know what they are not, and what they like, and how they feel when someone looks at them a certain way, or addresses them in a particular manner. This book is an
4.5 stars.I’m definitely too young to remember this era of queer lit and culture, but I loved the style of this anthology: it’s full of explorations and take-downs of gender concepts, both straightforward and ambiguous, prosaic and poetic. I will be honest and say that Ivan is my favourite writer (and pretty much my favourite living writer in general) but none of the other three let down the standard at all – though they might seem to be coming from alike perspectives on the surface, in practice...
a mix of true stories, poems and performance pieces, revelatory and celebratory, insightful and humorous at times. the photos were also a great contribution to the work. glad i finally read this book.
This book...it's a mixed bag. Well, no. My reaction to it is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it feels like a period piece, a little encapsulation of mid-90s queer politics and performance, so it's got this weird feeling of The Past to me (which is likely just my idiosyncrasies, but still colors my reaction).All that aside, though? This book is the real deal. Hilarious, heart-rending, angering, inspirational, and above all: hot, which I mean in the best way possible. These writers and performers kn...
I enjoyed this a lot BUT had gaps of time where I just wasn't motivated to read it. I loved Anna Camilleri's stuff, and I really like the way Ivan Coyote writes (although I get the impression we would not at all get on irl). I'm kind of over AFAB-only queer trans stuff though, so I guess that accounts for me not feeling totally into it. I also think I probably would have preferred it as performance. Still, will prob read again, there was some really pertinent, poignant and hot stuff in it, and i...
A sweet, passionate, occasionally brilliant road trip through gender. If you've ever loved anyone who didn't fit within neatly defined categories, this book will make you fall in love just a little bit more. I might be too jaded for it now, but there was a time when I slept with this next to my head and close to my heart.
