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It asks a question, then another, then another, answering questions with more questions. "My Gender Workbook the most complete guide to living with or without gender to have been written to date, putting books like Men are From Mars, Women Are FromVenussquarely where they belong: on Uranus." - Seattle Gay News "he most exciting and difficult aspect of My GenderWorkbookis the way it never relents. If you don't think you are transgendered when you sit down to read this book, you will be by the time you finish it Bornstein also takes aim at the recent flurry of books that attempt to naturalize gender difference, and puts books like Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus squarely where they belong: on Uranus. With quizzes and exercises that determine how much of a man or woman you are, My Gender Workbook gives you the tools to reach whatever point you desire on the gender continuum.

Whether she's using the USFDA's food group triangle to explain gender, or quoting one-liners from real "gender transgressors," Bornstein's first and foremost concern is making information on gender bending truly accessible. Using a unique, deceptively simple and always entertaining workbook format, Bornstein gently but firmly guides you to discover your own unique gender identity. Bornstein starts from the premise that there are not just two genders performed in today's world, but countless genders lumped under the two-gender framework. With My Gender Workbook, Kate Bornstein brings theory down to Earth and provides a practical approach to living with or without a gender. But if the popularization of gender bending is revealing that "male" and "female" aren't enough, where are we supposed to go from here? Cultural theorists have written loads of smart but difficult-to-fathom texts on gender, but none provide a hands-on, accessible guide to having your own unique gender. RuPaul is as familiar as tomato ketchup with national radio and television shows, and transgendered folk are as common to talk-shows as screaming and yelling. Gender isn't just about "male" or "female" anymore - if you have any doubts, just turn on your television.