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'''Andrea Lawlor''' teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College and is known for writing the novel ''Paul Takes The Form of a Mortal Girl'', which was a 2018 Lambda Literary finalist.<ref name="Orlando">{{Cite web |title=15 Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Writers to Support |last=Orlando |first=Christina |work=BOOK RIOT |date=27 October 2018 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= https://bookriot.com/trans-non-binary-authors/}}</ref> | '''Andrea Lawlor''' teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College and is known for writing the novel ''Paul Takes The Form of a Mortal Girl'', which was a 2018 Lambda Literary finalist.<ref name="Orlando">{{Cite web |title=15 Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Writers to Support |last=Orlando |first=Christina |work=BOOK RIOT |date=27 October 2018 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= https://bookriot.com/trans-non-binary-authors/}}</ref> One journalist described the book as "the Great Queer American Novel".<ref name="Abraham">{{Cite web |title=Andrea Lawlor explores the wild possibilities of sexual-shapeshifting |last=Abraham |first=Amelia |work=Dazed |date=18 April 2019 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/44110/1/andrea-lawlor-paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-book-interview}}</ref> | ||
In a 2014 article for Mutha Magazine, Lawlor wrote "I don't identify as a mother, a lesbian, or a woman at all, frankly. Yet I don't identify as a man either." They settled on the term [[Gender_neutral_language_in_English#Parent|Baba]] to describe their relationship to their child.<ref name="muth_ANDR" /> | In a 2014 article for Mutha Magazine, Lawlor wrote "I don't identify as a mother, a lesbian, or a woman at all, frankly. Yet I don't identify as a man either." They settled on the term [[Gender_neutral_language_in_English#Parent|Baba]] to describe their relationship to their child.<ref name="muth_ANDR" /> | ||
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{{quote|I love the word [[queer]], because what's useful about it is that it has the potential to be radically inclusive. I hope it signals an interest in, if not radical political thought, at least a destabilising. Destabilising binary ideas of [[gender]] and [[sex]]. I really struggled with this feeling of not being [[trans]] enough, I don't feel like any of the words really work. I like words that leave things a little unclear. The main thing for me is if you respect people self-determination, and if somebody says they're queer, or they're trans, they are, and it's not that big of a deal.<ref name="Nolan" />}} | {{quote|I love the word [[queer]], because what's useful about it is that it has the potential to be radically inclusive. I hope it signals an interest in, if not radical political thought, at least a destabilising. Destabilising binary ideas of [[gender]] and [[sex]]. I really struggled with this feeling of not being [[trans]] enough, I don't feel like any of the words really work. I like words that leave things a little unclear. The main thing for me is if you respect people self-determination, and if somebody says they're queer, or they're trans, they are, and it's not that big of a deal.<ref name="Nolan" />}} | ||
{{quote|I remember when ''Stone Butch Blues'' came out the word "trans" wasn't used as much of a word as "[[butch]]". Butch meant what "[[transmasculine|trans masculine]]" means now. That doesn't scan now, because there are a lot of butch people who are [[transphobia|transphobic]] or trans exclusionary… I used to identify really clearly as butch for a long period, and it's changed because a lot of that territory has been claimed by people with whom I do not share values. And there came a point where "she/her" no longer meant what I needed it to mean or have comfortable space in for me and so I moved to using "them" and I'm grateful for the people who made that possibility.}} | |||
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Revision as of 18:39, 16 November 2020
| Nationality | American |
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| Pronouns | they/them[1] |
| Gender identity | masculine but not a man[2] |
Andrea Lawlor teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College and is known for writing the novel Paul Takes The Form of a Mortal Girl, which was a 2018 Lambda Literary finalist.[3] One journalist described the book as "the Great Queer American Novel".[4]
In a 2014 article for Mutha Magazine, Lawlor wrote "I don't identify as a mother, a lesbian, or a woman at all, frankly. Yet I don't identify as a man either." They settled on the term Baba to describe their relationship to their child.[2]
Lawlor grew up in Naugatuck, Connecticut, then moved to New York for college. They dropped out for a while to be an activist, later finishing their college education in Iowa City.[5]
Quotes
| « | I love the word queer, because what's useful about it is that it has the potential to be radically inclusive. I hope it signals an interest in, if not radical political thought, at least a destabilising. Destabilising binary ideas of gender and sex. I really struggled with this feeling of not being trans enough, I don't feel like any of the words really work. I like words that leave things a little unclear. The main thing for me is if you respect people self-determination, and if somebody says they're queer, or they're trans, they are, and it's not that big of a deal.[5] | » |
| « | I remember when Stone Butch Blues came out the word "trans" wasn't used as much of a word as "butch". Butch meant what "trans masculine" means now. That doesn't scan now, because there are a lot of butch people who are transphobic or trans exclusionary… I used to identify really clearly as butch for a long period, and it's changed because a lot of that territory has been claimed by people with whom I do not share values. And there came a point where "she/her" no longer meant what I needed it to mean or have comfortable space in for me and so I moved to using "them" and I'm grateful for the people who made that possibility. | » |
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References
- ↑ "about". andrea lawlor. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lawlor, Andrea (25 March 2014). "ANDREA LAWLOR on Why Hart Doesn't Have Two Mommies". Mutha Magazine. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ Orlando, Christina (27 October 2018). "15 Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Writers to Support". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ Abraham, Amelia (18 April 2019). "Andrea Lawlor explores the wild possibilities of sexual-shapeshifting". Dazed. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nolan, Megan (30 May 2019). "Andrea Lawlor: 'TERFs? I don't think they're either radical or feminist'". Huck Magazine. Retrieved 16 November 2020.