arguments for sexual complexity and openness are compelling, as are her claims that bisexual experiences can supply a kind of stereoscopic vision.” –Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, Salon “Revealing, smart, titillating.Look Both Ways straight to the heart of many young women’s fraught relationship to both feminism and their own femininity.” –Jessica Clark, In These Times “A necessary read for those looking to expand their understanding of both bisexuality and the contributions of Third Wave feminism.” –Rebecca Walker, Bookforum
“Educational and juicy.” -Beth Greenfield, Time Out New York Part memoir, part pop-culture study, part feminist theory, Look Both Ways is a compelling and current examination of bisexual lives lived secretly and openly and an exploration of the lessons learned by writers, artists, an activists who have refused the either/or paradigm defended by both the gay and straight communities. In a society supposedly grown more open and accepting in the wake of Stonewall, women’s liberation, and AIDS activism, what can it mean that bisexuality continues to be marginalized by both gay and straight cultures and dismissed as either a phase or, worse, a cop-out? With intimacy and humor, the acclaimed author and activist Jennifer Baumgardner discusses her own experience as a bisexual and the struggle she has undergone to reconcile the privilege she has garnered as a women who is perceived as straight with the empowerment and satisfaction she’s derived from her relationships with women. By Jennifer Baumgardner Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
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