Sissy : a coming-of-gender story
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New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2019].
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Franklin Ave. Library - Memoirs - Adult
B Tobia, J.
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Published
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2019].
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319 pages ; 24 cm
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"From the moment a doctor in Raleigh, North Carolina, put 'male' on Jacob Tobia's birth certificate, everything went wrong. Alongside 'male' came many other, far less neutral words: words that carried expectations about who Jacob was and who Jacob should be, words like 'masculine' and 'aggressive' and 'cargo shorts' and 'SPORTS!' Naturally sensitive, playful, creative, and glitter-obsessed, as a child Jacob was given the label 'sissy.' In the two decades that followed, 'sissy' joined forces with 'gay,' 'trans,' 'nonbinary,' and 'too-queer-to-function' to become a source of pride and, today, a rallying cry for a much-needed gender revolution. Through revisiting their childhood and calling out the stereotypes that each of us have faced, Jacob invites us to rethink what we know about gender and offers a bold blueprint for a healed world--one free from gender-based trauma and bursting with trans-inclusive feminism. From Jacob's Methodist upbringing and the hallowed halls of Duke University to the portrait-laden parlors of the White House, Sissy takes you on a gender odyssey you won't soon forget. Writing with the fierce honesty, wildly irreverent humor, and wrenching vulnerability that have made them a media sensation, Jacob shatters the long-held notion that people are easily sortable into 'men' and 'women.' Sissy guarantees that you'll never think about gender--both other people's and your own--the same way again."--Dust jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Tobia, J. (2019). Sissy: a coming-of-gender story . G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tobia, Jacob, 1991-. 2019. Sissy: A Coming-of-gender Story. G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tobia, Jacob, 1991-. Sissy: A Coming-of-gender Story G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Tobia, Jacob. Sissy: A Coming-of-gender Story G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2019.

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