Life Isn't Binary by M.J. Barker and A. Iantaffi
After months for slowly reading this book I am finally done, and I am incredibly satisfied with it. I am craving a physical copy to reference more easly, even though I have annotated the digital version a lot. It's a great book, that made my brain explode, by making me realize how many binaries we have to deal with on a daily basis. It's crazy, every aspect of our lives is in some way linked to a binary, that is usually limiting.
About the book, it's very well structured, with chapters that talk about sexualities, genders, relationships, bodies, emotions and thinking. Each chapter also contains several reflection points (that could totally be used as journaling prompts), and experiences from different people. Another very nice thing, that I really appreciated, is the presence of "slow down sections", in which the authors encourage you to take a break from reading, suggesting different ways to slow down and then get back to the book. I thought that was really smart, these kind of topics can be quite overwhealming, and having a moment to take your mind off that, helps a lot once you get back to it. The further resources sections at the end of each chapter are also incredibly well done, there's some amazing options to dive more into the topics of the book, it will be very useful.
Overall the book was really illuminating for me, it opend my mind about a lot of things. It's surely something I will want to re read and reference back in the future. I reccomend it so much, also to those who are not just looking into it because they are questioning their sexuality or gender. This book goes way further from just those topics, and I feel like it could be useful and enjoyable for everyone. I should also mention that it took a lot for me to read, cause I wanted to assimilate well what I was reading taking my time to think and annotate. It's defently a book that could be read way more quickly, because the writing is very simple and direct.
