#(spoilers) i mean that the girl turned out to have androgen insensitivity syndrome (but that’s not the term house used)

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my current episode of house features a teenage supermodel. and generally i don’t put much stock in punitive “justice”, but with the way house is acting, i think one billion million gajillion years in the hellpit would be fair

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None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio

The novel None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio follows the life of a seemingly ordinary teenage girl named Kristin Lattimer. Kristin is a cheerleader who was recently voted Homecoming Queen and is in a relationship with the quarterback. Unsurprisingly, she is one of the most popular and well-loved students in her high school. After a painful sexual experience and the consultation of a physician, Kristin discovers that she is intersex, having male gonads and androgen insensitivity syndrome. Once her condition is revealed without her consent, Kristin questions her entire identity, and what it means to be a woman.

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I remember a week ago when I was looking around the library for interesting looking books to consider reading. None of the Above caught my eye. I had always seen this book around numerous local libraries before, but I hadn’t paid much attention to it until I read the blurb on the back of the book, and I decided to give it a try. The first few pages weren’t too interesting, only talking about Kristin’s everyday life and her friends, and I almost gave up on it. However, things took a turn further in when Kristin goes to the gynecologist and is diagnosed as intersex. Before reading this novel, I can say with certainty that I didn’t know very well what it meant to be intersex. I understood that it was a number of genetic conditions affecting certain people, but I had never really understood the details of it, and how people with it were affected in their everyday life. This book also shows the dangers of being outed and how people treat you. This is very true not only among the intersex community, but also among the rest of the LGBTQ+ community. After being outed as intersex to her entire school, Kristin is shunned, her boyfriend dumps her because he believes that she is male, and she is attacked by other students on a daily basis. This novel covers feminist and queer issues, and tackles the idea of what it means to be a woman. It is a deep, heartfelt book that I think everyone should read.

Happy Reading! -Tobey