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A review by clockworkstars
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
"American history is truly the greatest fable ever written"
I don't read memoir very often, in fact I do not remember when is the last time that I have read an actual memoir. But now, just having closed George M. Johnson's book, I wish that I read some more often.
Here, the author talks to us about queerness, gender, blackness. Not as independant identities but as a whole, where every part influences the other one, where they are all tied. And it was *so* interesting to read. This book had me on the edge of my seat for most of the chapters, each one giving me more interest or informations into a life that I didn’t know.
Strangely enough, I think that my favorite chapter is the last one, the same way that it's probably the one that made me cry the most. But in reality? I loved each one of them, each one of those pages. This book was a pleasure to read and if I'd listen to myself my review will be 2 line long and includes the words "just read it".
By a pure coincidence, I have ended up reading this book mostly during the banned book week (which I didn’t know about until I had reached half the book). And the author talks about books ban in the introduction of this, they talk about how this book is one of the most banned. They tell us that they have "come to realize that when you're making history, you're rarely doing so because you are choosing to make it.". Because that's what this book did, it made history. So don't let governement silence it, silence you. Read banned books, all day, every day. Talk about it. Because, as the author says (I assure you it's the last quote in this review, promise) "And when they ban books, they are banning Black history. Ain't no American history without Black history. They are banning the portrayal of LGBTQIAP+ people and history. Ain't no America without queer people."
I don't read memoir very often, in fact I do not remember when is the last time that I have read an actual memoir. But now, just having closed George M. Johnson's book, I wish that I read some more often.
Here, the author talks to us about queerness, gender, blackness. Not as independant identities but as a whole, where every part influences the other one, where they are all tied. And it was *so* interesting to read. This book had me on the edge of my seat for most of the chapters, each one giving me more interest or informations into a life that I didn’t know.
Strangely enough, I think that my favorite chapter is the last one, the same way that it's probably the one that made me cry the most. But in reality? I loved each one of them, each one of those pages. This book was a pleasure to read and if I'd listen to myself my review will be 2 line long and includes the words "just read it".
By a pure coincidence, I have ended up reading this book mostly during the banned book week (which I didn’t know about until I had reached half the book). And the author talks about books ban in the introduction of this, they talk about how this book is one of the most banned. They tell us that they have "come to realize that when you're making history, you're rarely doing so because you are choosing to make it.". Because that's what this book did, it made history. So don't let governement silence it, silence you. Read banned books, all day, every day. Talk about it. Because, as the author says (I assure you it's the last quote in this review, promise) "And when they ban books, they are banning Black history. Ain't no American history without Black history. They are banning the portrayal of LGBTQIAP+ people and history. Ain't no America without queer people."