A truly wonderful book, Carol Queen et al have given the gift of insights into things that I have long felt and tried to convey to friends in much less eloquent language. These are real stories from real people who prove that human sexuality is never an either/or affair. It shows that narrow-mindedness and discrimination occur within nearly every group -- including within the queer community and its sub-communities. When will we accept that we are all sexual -- period -- and that we needn't categorize, condemn or exclude based on how others choose to express that sexuality? To do otherwise is to live a lie and to force others to do the same. Read this book and share it with others!

I find this book to be a classic in its category. In fact, when I run across someone in the LBGT community who wants to know what I mean when I say "queer," I promptly refer them to this little book, which is truly a queer studies page-turner.

And, in fact, I can't seem to put the book down, myself. Since I first read Pomosexuality, I've found myself returning to it repeatedly to re-read essays that become profound in new ways based on my own new life experiences. Each time, I am again impressed by the editors' choices.

The bottom line -- whether you are new to queer studies or a seasoned student of queers, you'll enjoy this book.

A small volume of essays from mostly radical sex activists who put queer theory into practice, all the way to actual erotic experiences and the identies created by them.

This work deals with the postmodern as the construction of "mulitple subjectivities" and features contributions from transsexual authors. Cutting edge stuff, more accessible than other theorists. Also written from a different perspective, one that helps close the gap between the academy and the street.

A lived testimony to the inadequacy and decontstruction of "heterosexual" and "homosexual" as discursive labels.

this book is my bible and comfort, its a shame it is so often overlooked

Simply breathtaking - a unique account in magical prose poetry of all consuming love, which you will return to again and again. Almost too painfully visceral at times, snapshots of sheer beauty leap out of the page as you ride the non-stop vertical drop on the rollercoaster of their relationship - not for the faint or hard hearted.

Scathing, deeply poetic rant of obssessive love forced into obssessive hate. Deep and lasting, based on the author's actual experiences.

It's Sunday afternoon. Just finished reading "Equity Checking" and am anxious to apply what I have learned. "Equity Checking" is not only applicable to the corporate environment, but also applicable in every interpersonal relationship. How rarely we stop to think about the assumptions we make; why we make them; and the consequences of making them. Our assumptions about people, devoid of a factual foundation, have a powerful impact on our environments in general, especially our corporate environment. "Equity Checking" gives us information to help us recognize the "filters" through which we process information. These "filters" are at the root of the assumptions we make about people we meet. Bringing those filters into the work environment is unavoidable but manageable with the concepts outlined in "Equity Checking". Dr. Mary Stewart and Gary Topchik bring "Equity Checking" to the reader in an easy-to-understand and straightforward manner. Check it out!

Equity Checking is about expanding communication skills by going beyond personal and/or organizational assumptions. This well organized, easy to read book examines the beliefs, biases and attitudes of the people that make up organizations or groups. Each chapter offers step by step discussion of each concept with plentiful examples that address difficult managerial situations and how to manage them. The examples include: hiring, selecting an employee for special assignment, planning career development, performance appraisal, performance problems and selecting an employee for promotion.

I found the concepts and skills taught basic to any human relationship. I think anyone wanting to take their communication to the next level will find this little primer helpful inspite of its strong business focus.

This book had a life changing effect for me. I highly recommend this for anyone. I also recommend all of Townsend/Cloud's books. I have 5 of them and found all to be extremely helpful in many aspects of life and relationships.

This book is a great relief for many of us Christians who have been bogged down in all of the crazy things that other Christians say and expect. We all have problems, but some well-meaning Christians teach us that our problems are because we are not spiritual enough. Or they tell us that we just need to "give them to God." Or they say that we are selfish to get our needs met. Or they tell us just to leave the past behind. All of these cliches can be harmful and misleading.

This book would be especially refreshing for someone who has been involved in a very legalistic or spirit-filled church. It shows that Christianity is not a quick-fix for our lives. And it shows that if we are to be honest, respectable people, we need to deal with our issues instead of running from them or stuffing them under the pews.

Lee Martindale's "The Folly of Assumption" is an intelligent and witty collection os short stories that inspire and enthrall the reader. Lee takes the common stereotypes of beauty and ability and turns them on their ears. The emergence of of heroes of size and substance as exciting, vibrant, beautiful people is something long overdue. This collection is sorely needed, appreciated, and worth reading over and over again.

I have known Lee for about a year now. I picked up her latest book at a Convention here in Houston. I know that Lee is a Large Size Activisit. Meaning that she is a fighter for Fat Rights. The stories in this book go along with that theme. A few days after the convention I picked up the book. I am a fairly slow reader...but I sucked these stories up like they were ice water on a hot Texas summerday. All of the stories were just little treats to be savored. I will definatly read this book again. My only complaint is that the book was not longer. I hope that there will be a second vomume soon. I encourage everyone to pick this one up.

This book can change your life. It explores the way people think and why people believe the way they believe. Hebrew vs Greek philosophy, etc. I realize now that I had been reading scripture from the wrong mindset...and now that I can relate a little better to a Hebrew mindset, many truths are being revealed to me. I highly recommend that any Christian who is ready to make a breakthrough spiritually read this book.

Excellent, brainstorming, please read this book if you are interested at all in the mind or in the brain, or if you have a skeptical mind-brain.

Janoff-Bulman describes what happens to a person, male or female, when dealing with sudden life-disrupting events. The two greatest "assumptions" or basic beliefs assaulted by trauma are that the world is safe and that I am a valuable asset in it. She speaks to victims and therapists alike in non-clinical terms that are healing and educational. Therapists could easily recommend this book to persons surviving traumatic events.

who: 1. Wants a basic, cognitive foundation in understanding how personal schemas, or ways of looking at and interpreting the world, are formed; 2. How change that causes us to question our basic assumptions that a. The world is benevolent, b. The world is meaningful, and c. The self is worthy -- can lead to psychological trauma including uneasy heightened physiological responses, feelings of anxiety, and a confrontation with the illusion that we are immune to death. Janoff-Bulman argues that the "adjustment of survivors rests largely" on their level of disillusionment and whether they despair or remain hopeful after a traumatic experience. The author does a quite adequte job of explaining the personal benefits of working through the trauma and learning to cope with change, and explaining why the ones we love the most are sometimes the least helpful, or even harmful, in supporting us in developing a new self and world view. Instead of just leaving us there, the author continues by telling us how others can be helpful in different ways and the fact that no one person can "be everything" or sole supporter of a traumatized individual. Finally, we are given a criteria for "ordinary levels of effective functioning" that can be used to gauge recovery. Perhaps the most valuable portion of this book, though, are the extensive Notes and Listing of References that help one to expand their research into trauma effects and recovery. The negative of this book is the author's overindulgance in rehashing psychotherapy's classic view of dissociative states as, the least,counterproductive to recovery, and, at most proof of psychosis. The author might have spent more time discussing how denial, a mild dissociative state, is "underappreciated," and is actually a coping mechanism that protects one from the overwhelming jar of dealing with every aspect of trauma at once. Overall a very good tool for the lay-person to use in understanding why trauma feels so bad, why others don't seem to understand and can even blame the traumatized for their own plight, and finding assurance that the traumatic experience can lead to a stronger self-image and more flexible take on change and reality. Highly recommend this book be purchased and kept in a secure place for easy access when trauma does catch one off guard.

I watered a stick in my yard for 3 years before I realized that I assumed it would bloom like the other 4 rose bushes that I planted the same day and in the same way. I assumed everybody knew what TEAMWORK was! I assumed maps were always accurate! Then I found Bogart's book and his observation: "Everything that has gone wrong in your life has been due to your assumptions." Well, right on. This is an easy book to read, it is so profound that you really have to practice its wisdom every day to "get" it. Definitely worth it.