Tango

My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Biography & Memoir, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
Cover of the book Tango by Justin Vivian Bond, The Feminist Press at CUNY
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Author: Justin Vivian Bond ISBN: 9781558617544
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY Publication: August 16, 2011
Imprint: The Feminist Press at CUNY Language: English
Author: Justin Vivian Bond
ISBN: 9781558617544
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Publication: August 16, 2011
Imprint: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Language: English

"Like Bond, the memoir is droll, pensive and filled with zingers teetering between funny and ferocious."-The New York Times

Hailed as “the greatest cabaret artist of [V’s] generation” in the New Yorker, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond makes a brilliant literary debut with this candid and hilarious coming-of-age tale.

Bond recalls in vivid detail how it looked and felt to first discover Mom's lipstick (Iced Watermelon by Revlon), and how dreary it could be for a trans/queer kid to join the Cub Scouts. Always haunted by the knowledge of being "different," Bond began to create intimate friendships with girls, and to feel increasingly at risk with boys. But when the bully next door wanted to meet secretly, Bond couldn't resist. Their trysts went on for years, making Bond acutely aware of how sexual power and vulnerability can be experienced at the same time. With inimitable style, Bond raises issues about LBGTQ adolescence, parenting trans/queer children, and bullying, while being utterly entertaining.

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"Like Bond, the memoir is droll, pensive and filled with zingers teetering between funny and ferocious."-The New York Times

Hailed as “the greatest cabaret artist of [V’s] generation” in the New Yorker, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond makes a brilliant literary debut with this candid and hilarious coming-of-age tale.

Bond recalls in vivid detail how it looked and felt to first discover Mom's lipstick (Iced Watermelon by Revlon), and how dreary it could be for a trans/queer kid to join the Cub Scouts. Always haunted by the knowledge of being "different," Bond began to create intimate friendships with girls, and to feel increasingly at risk with boys. But when the bully next door wanted to meet secretly, Bond couldn't resist. Their trysts went on for years, making Bond acutely aware of how sexual power and vulnerability can be experienced at the same time. With inimitable style, Bond raises issues about LBGTQ adolescence, parenting trans/queer children, and bullying, while being utterly entertaining.

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