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When you turn the music off, and suddenly you feel an unbearable sadness, that means turn the music back on, right? When you still feel the sadness, even with the music, that means there's something wrong with this music. Sometimes I feel like sex without context isn't sex at all. And sometimes I feel like sex without context is what sex should always be.—The Freezer Door
The Freezer Door records the ebb and flow of desire in daily life. Crossing through loneliness in search of communal pleasure in Seattle, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore exposes the failure and persistence of queer dreams, the hypocritical allure of gay male sexual culture, and the stranglehold of the suburban imagination over city life.
Ferocious and tender, The Freezer Door offers a complex meditation on the trauma and possibility of searching for connection in a world that relentlessly enforces bland norms of gender, sexual, and social conformity while claiming to celebrate diversity.
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Release date
November 24, 2020 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781635901306
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- ISBN: 9781635901306
- File size: 724 KB
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- English
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Reviews
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October 1, 2020
Genderqueer author and activist Sycamore's The End of San Francisco eschewed the standard structure of memoir for a more free-form narrative of Sycamore's unusual and vibrant life. This latest work takes a similar tack, with Sycamore ruminating on dancing, sex, and life in the landscape of Seattle through nonsequiturs, stream-of-consciousness reflections, and imagined dialogues. A highly personal, complicated book, by turns blunt and poetic and full of thoughts on belonging and the lack of it, alienation, and the limitations of social convention and gender essentialism; not everyone will find Sycamore's style or viewpoints agreeable, but readers seeking non-mainstream queer perspectives should consider this challenging but broadening read, which presents observations on connection and loneliness that have the occasional ring of touching on a universal feeling. VERDICT Those familiar with Sycamore's writing and activist work will welcome this new installment; those unfamiliar but interested in exploring an unconventional angle on LGBTQ+ issues may find it illuminating.--Kathleen McCallister, William & Mary Libs., Williamsburg, VA
Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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