An anthology exploring the act of passing-as the right gender, race, class, sexuality, age, ability, body type, ethnicity, and beyond Nobody Passes is a collection...

An anthology exploring the act of passing-as the right gender, race, class, sexuality, age, ability, body type, ethnicity, and beyond

Nobody Passes is a collection of essays that confronts and challenges the very notion of belonging. By examining the perilous intersections of identity, categorization, and community, contributors challenge societal mores and countercultural norms. Nobody Passes explores and critiques the various systems of power seen (or not seen) in the act of passing. In a pass/fail situation, standards for acceptance may vary, but somebody always gets trampled on. This anthology seeks to eliminate the pressure to pass and thereby unearth the delicious and devastating opportunities for transformation that might create.

Author: Matthew Bernstein Sycamore
Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
Published: 12/01/2006
Pages: 364
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9781580051842


Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist

About the Author
Mattilda, aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore is the author of a novel, Pulling Taffy, and the editor of three nonfiction anthologies. Most recently, Mattilda edited That's revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, a finalist for a 2005 Lambda Literary Award. Mattilda is an instigator with Gay Shame: A Virus in the System, a radical queer activist group that fights the monster of assimilation. The Austin Chronicle calls her a cross between Tinkerbell and honky Malcolm X with a queer agenda.