https://www.reddit.com/r/QueerTheory/comments/1gihs2t/confused_and_out_of_my_depth_help/
created by ChappellsPanniers on 03/11/2024 at 07:43 UTC
9 upvotes, 2 top-level comments (showing 2)
I've been looking for a good place to start reading and learning about queer theory in general. I'm a white GNC lesbian, and I've pretty much just read Stone Butch Blues (which was phenomenal). Reading some of the posts on this sub makes my brain hurt and I don't understand a lot of the discussions.
Books I own:
Feminism Meets Queer Theory (collection of essays)
The Straight Mind by Monique Wittig
Feminism Against Family by Sophie Lewis
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
Are these are good places to start? What will be easier for me to delve into? Or should I start somewhere else?
These books are also white authors, what are good POC to read?
Comment by General_Fall_2206 at 03/11/2024 at 15:30 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
A general intro book like Queer Theory Now, written by McCann and Monaghan, might be a good start.
Comment by Sail0rD00m at 03/11/2024 at 11:47 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
these are really all good books that you have listed— i have others that i could recommend, but really i want to say that a lot of what’s on reddit in relation to queer theory is … nonsense … so if your measure for thinking you don’t understand queer theory is not understanding some reddit posts— just remember that maybe you’re not understanding because the post doesn’t make sense!
i’d like to recommend to you
happy reading!