![]() ![]() In first-person prose as intimate as a diary, Thea Hillman redefines memoir in a series of compelling stories that take a no-holds-barred look at sex, gender, family, and community. ![]() What is “intersex”? According to the Intersex Society of North America, the word describes someone born with sex chromosomes, genitalia, or an internal reproductive system that are neither clearly male nor clearly female. Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word) chronicles one person’s search for self in a world obsessed with normal. Poetic, political, and deeply personal.”-Beth Lisick, author of Helping Me Help Myself “An important and wonderfully disarming book. “There’s nothing else in print like this amazing and courageous book.”-Patrick Califia, author of Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism "It's utterly impossible to not be spellbound by performer-activist Thea Hillman, in person or in print. Intersex, too, is gorgeously written."-Women's Review of Books ![]() ![]() "Hillman's utterly unabashed memoir.showcases both the personal, embodied realities of intersex, and the social and political milieus that shape them. “Hillman’s writing is sexy because it’s smart and refuses to simplify things.”- Fabula Magazine “In Hillman’s world, the surer you become about who you are, the more vulnerable you get.”- The San Francisco Bay Guardian ![]()
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