{"id":430,"date":"2021-09-24T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T00:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/?p=430"},"modified":"2022-07-08T11:17:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T02:17:15","slug":"el%e6%9c%ac%e6%a3%9a%e7%b4%b9%e4%bb%8b7pregnant-butch-nine-long-months-spent-in-drag-by-a-k-summers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/430\/","title":{"rendered":"EL\u672c\u68da\u7d39\u4ecb(8)Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag, by A.K. Summers"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions\/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the <\/em>tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.]<\/em><\/p>\n

_______<\/p>\n

One of the strengths of comics and manga is their ability to show<\/em> instead of just tell<\/em>. Sometimes we cannot use words to express how we feel, so we can use pictures. This is exactly how Summers tells the story of her pregnancy, as a gay, butch (masculine-presenting) woman. And she tells that very personal story with a great sense of humor!<\/p>\n

Pregnant Butch<\/em> is written and drawn like a zine. \u201cZines\u201d are handmade subculture magazines with a punk style. This is a good match with Summers\u2019 experience as an \u201coutsider\u201d: few people around her even understood how<\/em> a lesbian could get pregnant!<\/p>\n

Note: While there are a few jokes and cultural references that you will probably not understand, there is a lot of information here about medical culture, pregnancy, LGBTQ culture, and more.<\/p>\n

My two cents:<\/strong> One thing I appreciate from reading this book is Summers\u2019 struggle with her identity as \u201cbutch\u201d in a world where more and more people are coming out as transgender. This is a perspective you don\u2019t often hear from, but it is important, too!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[22,9,26,10,14],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-el-book-introductions","tag-nudity-sex","tag-comic-book","tag-humor","tag-lgbtq","tag-social-issues","item-wrap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t