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[intersexbookclub]

August book pick: The Left Hand of Darkness

Our book pick for August is science fiction classic The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin. This book is famous for its exploration of a fictional society where everybody can reproduce as either female or male.

We will be meeting online to discuss The Deep on Friday August 25 at: - 11:30am Pacific (Vancouver, San Francisco, etc) - 2:30pm Eastern (Toronto, New York, etc) - 8:30pm Central European (Paris, Berlin, etc)

The meeting will be held on our discord, which you can join here: https://discord.gg/wmMQUQxEK4 (See our code of conduct)

We chose the Left Hand of Darkness because: - It's a classic. Whether you think of it as an intersex book or not this book has had reach, and is probably the first book that your average sci-fi fan will think of when it comes to exploring (inter)sex through sci-fi - It it isn't fetishy. So much work by (at least presumed) perisex authors can be very fetishy but at least in my (@ipsogender) opinion this one isn't! Indeed it's a book that I personally have warm feelings about. (You don't have to like it!) - Because it's a classic it should be easy for people to get access to the book via libraries and/or used book stores - @scifimagpie hasn't read it and we wanted an excuse to get her to read it and talk about it :)

How much of the book do you need to read? You don't need to finish the book to participate! Getting a quarter into the book is plenty to get a sense of the world and be able to participate in the discussion.

Discussion questions: 1. What did you like about it? 2. What did you struggle with? 3. What other works did it make you think of? Why? 4. What connections do you see between this book and our previous picks? 5. Is this an "intersex book"? 6. What relevance (if any) do you see this book as having today in getting people to contemplate sex and gender?

We hope to see you at the meeting! If you have thoughts on the book feel free to share them as reblogs/replies! Future book picks

If The Left Hand of Darkness isn’t in the cards for you, we meet on the last Friday of every month at the aforementioned time. (We're meeting next week to talk about The Deep by Rivers Solomon!) Our September pick is Chapters 1, 4 and 5 of Horlacher, S. (2016). Transgender and intersex: Theoretical, practical, and artistic perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan US. (see Discord for a copy!)

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[ipso-faculty]

Hello! I’m an intersex literature student in Uni right now looking to write an essay that deals with portrayals of intersex bodies in literature. I was wondering if you/your followers might have any recs on academic books/papers that touch upon this topic? Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

I'd read the last few chapters of Horlacher, S. (2016). Transgender and intersex: Theoretical, practical, and artistic perspectives (pp. 1-27). Palgrave Macmillan US.

As well as the first several chapters of Walker, M. (Ed.). (2022). Interdisciplinary and global perspectives on intersex. Springer Nature.

For the most part these are critiques of intersexist literature like Middlesex (🤮). There is a lot less writing about intersex representation done well, though quality representation does exist (e.g. books by intersex authors like Rivers Solomon and Bogi Takács). Most of that writing isn't peer reviewed - it's book reviews by intersex people, like Bogi's blog and the Intersex Book Club.

If your interpretation of "literature" includes nonfiction, I'd also read:

Ch 1 of Malatino, H. (2019). Queer embodiment: Monstrosity, medical violence, and intersex experience. U of Nebraska Press.

Ch 2 of Rubin, D. A. (2017). Intersex matters: Biomedical embodiment, gender regulation, and transnational activism. Suny Press.

Ch 7 of Horlacher, S. (2016). Transgender and intersex: Theoretical, practical, and artistic perspectives (pp. 1-27). Palgrave Macmillan US.

Hope that helps! I am assuming you have library access to all of these but DM me if you don't. :)

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[intersexbookclub]

Welcome to Intersex Book Club!

Why we meet: Our goal with the book club is to provide a social opportunity for intersex people, people questioning if they're intersex, and allies, to meet and explore intersex-oriented literature together.

When we meet: On the last Friday of the month, at 15:30 Eastern / 20:30 UTC. Meetings are usually 1.5 to 2 hours long; latecomers are welcome.

How we meet: We have a discord: https://discord.gg/U8ZucKwGPK (See our code of conduct)

Book picks & meeting information In inverse chronological order

JUNE 2024: Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex by Reis (Jun 28)

MAY 2024: Icarus by K. Ancrum (May 31)

APRIL 2024: The Trans Space Octopus Congregation by Bogi Takács (Apr 26)

MARCH 2024: Envisioning African Intersex by Amanda L Swarr - second half (Mar 29)

FEBRUARY 2024: Power To Yield and Other Stories by Bogi Takács (Feb 23)

JANUARY 2024: Envisioning African Intersex by Amanda L Swarr - first half (Jan 26)

DECEMBER 2023: Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire (Dec 22)

NOVEMBER 2023: Chapters 4-7 of Critical Intersex, edited by Morgan Holmes (Nov 24)

OCTOBER 2023: Queen by JS Fields (Oct 27)

SEPTEMBER 2023: Chapters 1, 4 and 5 of Transgender and intersex: Theoretical, practical, and artistic perspectives, edited by Stefan Horlacher (Sep 29)

AUGUST 2023: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin (Aug 25)

JULY 2023: The Deep by Rivers Solomon (Jul 28)

JUNE 2023: The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter (Jun 28)

Book summaries/reviews Sorted by genre then by reverse chronological order; 🟣 indicates the author is openly intersex

Fiction:

Power to Yield and Other Stories by Takács 🟣 (Feb 2024)

Across the Green Grass Fields by McGuire (Dec 2023)

Queen by Fields 🟣 (Oct 2023)

The Left Hand of Darkness by LeGuin (Aug 2023)

The Deep by Solomon 🟣 (July 2023)

The Fortunate Fall by Carter 🟣 (June 2023)

Non-Fiction:

Chapter 4 of Critical Intersex, on the history of ISNA (Nov 2023)

Chapters 5-7 of Critical Intersex, on intersex legal rights in Europe (Nov 2023)

Chapters 1, 4 and 5 of Transgender and Intersex 🟣, on the relationships between the intersex & trans communities (Sep 2023)

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[intersexbookclub]

Summer Scheduling Update

Based off a recent poll in the discord we have established that from hereon we will be meeting on the last Friday of every month, at:

11:30am Pacific (Vancouver, San Francisco, etc)

2:30pm Eastern (Toronto, New York, etc)

8:30pm Central European (Paris, Berlin, etc)

We've created a public google calendar for your convenience:

Our upcoming book picks are:

JULY: The Deep by Rivers Solomon AUGUST: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin SEPTEMBER: Chapters 1, 4 and 5 of Horlacher, S. (2016). Transgender and intersex: Theoretical, practical, and artistic perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan US. (see Discord for a copy of the book)

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