
Inverse Cowgirl
A Memoir
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Narrated by:
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Alicia Roth Weigel
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Jonathan Van Ness
"One of the most brilliant thought leaders I have been able to share space with."—Jonathan van Ness, from the foreword
"The must-read memoir of fall 2023."—Them
"Powerful and vital."—Madeline Miller, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Song of Achilles
From a celebrated activist on the forefront of fighting for intersex representation and rights—and a subject of the forthcoming documentary Every Body, from the filmmakers behind RBG—a funny, thought-provoking collection of essays about owning your identity and living your truth.
Two percent of the world’s population—the same percentage of humans who have naturally red hair—is born intersex. Yet many people aren’t even familiar with the word.
Intersex individuals are born with both male and female reproductive organs, yet many are stripped of their identity at birth when a parent designates M or F on a birth certificate. That subjective choice is often followed by invasive, life-changing surgeries, performed without the individual’s consent. Intersex people have become a target of politicians, attacked for who they are and threatened by legislation that attempts to categorize and define them.
Alicia Weigel is fighting back against the hate and fearmongering to protect the rights and lives of everyone. In this book, she boldly speaks out about working as a change agent in a state that actively attempts to pass legislation that would erase her existence, explores how we can reclaim bodily autonomy, and encourages us to amplify our voices to be heard.
Disarming, funny, charming, and powerful, this is a vital account of personal accomplishment that will open eyes and change minds.
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For me, the book started to become more interesting when she, at 27, finally discovered she was intersex, a fact her parents hid from her under terms like “androgen insensitivity syndrome.” She began a shift in her political advocacy work from focusing on abortion issues to the intersex community. She came out publicly to colleagues when protesting a Texas bathroom bill, challenged views on binary gender, protested against intersex surgeries performed on infants and young children, and managed a campaign for the first openly transgender person to run for public office in Texas.
I would definitely recommend this book. It was not only overall engaging but was also an important memoir from a voice from the intersex community—an unfortunately under represented group in the political spectrum, literature and entertainment, and many other spectrums of public life, a group of people that have been so silenced many do not even know they exist.
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P.s. Nostalgia bonus if you grew up a millennial girl and will appreciate references to things like Skydancers 😆
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