Resource Spotlight: My Gender Workbook and Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

RAPP and Diversity Education maintain a growing resource library of books, DVDs and magazines. These are kept in our offices and are available to sign out on loan. Occasionally I'll highlight some of our available resources on this blog.

This summer we got two great books to further our resources on gender issues. Both explore issues of sexism and cissexism. Both were written by folks who've been through Cincinnati presenting lectures.

Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity was written by Julia Serano. She describes her first full-length book as "a collection of personal essays that debunk many of the myths and misconceptions that people have about trans women, as well as the subject of gender in general."

My Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein is an interactive book (seriously, it's a workbook) that serves as a guide not only for developing great awareness of the construct of gender in our society but also as a guide for living with or without a gender. The activities can help you gain personal insight - and are fun!

Stop by the offices to check out these and other great resources!