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With how much queer politics change and how fast they evolve, I sometimes wonder if anthologies more than a couple of years old will still touch me today. This one definitely does. As usual, Matthilda's anthology has surpassed my expectations, creating a diverse range of issues and related identity in which we (don't) pass each day. There wasn't a single essay in this that I didn't thoroughly enjoy. And I related to many personally.

This is one of my favorite queer anthologies. It had been on my wishlist for some time and I finally got a hold of a copy.

I found myself relating to things in this more than I expected and being made to think more than I expected. I'm a trans person who's read somewhere along the lines of butch dyke, what is that, or strange gay guy and I've also found myself feeling lonely in different LGBT communities, even radical and queer ones.

Some essay ripped my heart out and others put it back.

P.S. I also felt my knee hit the table hard when I got to the correctional officer essay. I went on to read the wuthor's bio as a FORMER CO and that made me think more. I believe that essay was trying to show us a complicated world outside radical politics and analysis where cis men together in prison interact in ways that can be read as gay, and how women and authoritarianism fit into that equation.

I read this year's ago and remember thinking it was one of the most important speculative fiction books I've ever read. Butler has a way of tackling important issues and struggles through story that is difficult to find.

The authors of this book present loads of facts and research from biological, philosophical, ethical, and other scientific perspectives in a completely calm and polite way. Though, at the same time, they make extremely strong and firm statements about nonhuman animal research. I found myself smiling, gasping, underlining, thinking, overwhelmingly absorbed, and so on while reading it.

This has become on of my favorite books on the use (or should I say "misuse") of animals in various industries and is definitely one of the best on the misuse of nonhuman animals in research.

I will be quoting it for many years to come, I am sure.

This book saved my life more than once.

This is one of Adams' hidden gems that takes feminism a step further than The Sexual Politics of Meat, yet is not as well known and this is a shame. This book delves further into issues of race and class and other things intersecting with the exploitation of nonhuman animals and is equally as important.

Everything I even thought I knew about Andrea Dworkin was wrong. I read this book, intrigued to know more about this feminist who seemed to be either loved or hated by so many. What I found was a passionate and painful book about what women (and trans people even) suffer in this world. It was full of, not ridiculous or outlandish leaps, but a true love of women and a desire for their liberation. It was an honest and aggressive attack on the horrible things women experience in this world, radical now, and even moreso when it was written. It prompted me to read more Dworkin and she is now one of my favorite writers, whether or not we agree on everything. Experiencing her passion and love is truly a gift in this world.

I read the first edition of this many years ago but never pasted my review on here. I'm one of those people who has agreed with Hribal's opinions on animal revolt long before this book came out. So, perhaps I am a bit partial. But, this is the first work of nonfiction in a while that I have been excited to pick up. It's well written, flows really well, and the material inside it is fascinating. It's sure to excite and educate even the most well read on animal liberation issues and is sure to make anyone (pro-animal lib or not) think very hard about their own perceptions of other animals. I definitely recommend that everyone read it and I think it can be interesting and exciting for people of all interests and backgrounds- not just animal liberationists or anti-authoritarians.

My main criticism is that I wish it was longer. It's only about 160 short pages and it feels a little unfinished. I would have liked to hear about more species.