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#BooksAgainstNormativity

Hey,
I'd like to start a collection of books, that are great eye-openers against normative concepts.

I have read 2 books so far, that I think fit:

#Ace by #AngelaChen: Maybe the standard work on asexuality and a great book to understand and question allo-normativity (allo(sexual) being the opposite of ace/asexual)

#Platonic by #MarisaGFranco: An homage to platonic partnerships and against romantic normativity or also allo normativity (allo(romantic) being the opposite of aromantic here)

I'm next looking for a book on #RelationshipAnarchy to add to the list. Is there like a go-to book or must read? Please let me know.

Also do you know of any other books, that fit into the collection? It can be about/against any kind of normativity, not just related to gender, relationships and identity.

#BooksTodon #BookRecommendation #normativity #asexuality #asexual #aromantic #RelationshipAnarchism #QueerFeminism #HeteroNormativity #AlloNormativity #polyamory #monogamy #patriarchy

"Even as queer and trans Iranian asylum seekers and Afghan refugees who left Iran for Turkey do not fall under the same category according to the UNHCR’s criteria, they have something in common: they are economic refugees. Yet the UNHCR does not recognize economic marginalization as grounds for granting asylum. If it did, a large number of people in the world (including in the United States) who are affected by global capitalism’s economic violence (such as lack of access to universal health care in the United States) would be eligible for asylum."

― Sima Shakhsari in her article "What counts at violence?" in https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-cunning-of-gender-violence

h/t @danahilliot

#book #quotes #NGO #NGOs #humanRights #transRights #Iran #refugees #queer #Türkiye #asylum #heteronormativity #Shakhsari #stateViolence #gender #feminisms

"If a young woman does not follow the social injunction to have feelings in a sexual relationship, she knows that she risks being called to order, being punished. Or to feel shame or guilt. This burden of the social norm is primarily internalised."

"There is, in all circles, the threatening 'spectre of the faggot'. The determination to appear as 'a man, a real man' and secure one's masculinity, while escaping suspicion of homosexuality, which is considered demeaning and dangerous. Some gay boys from privileged backgrounds have told me that they were in a relationship with a girl at school to give the impression, to cover their tracks."

An interview with Isabelle Clair, in 2023 (fr) https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/sexualite/entretien-des-lage-de-15-ans-on-reve-detre-en-couple-explique-cette-sociologue-2fee21ae-cc7e-11ed-8144-e74efc02d2d3 @sociology @edutooters 🧶

#status #reputation #fragility #maleFragility #manliness #masculinity #virility #homophobia #quotes #bitches #whores #teenagers #norms #heteronormativity #normation #patriarchy #maleViolence #badBoy #boys #gender #highSchool #SecondarySchool #sociology