Comments on: Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg http://threedollarbillreviews.com/2010/05/25/out-of-the-pocket-by-bill-konigsberg/ Reviews of books as queer as a three dollar bill Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:22:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kassa http://threedollarbillreviews.com/2010/05/25/out-of-the-pocket-by-bill-konigsberg/#comment-1586 Kassa Thu, 27 May 2010 13:19:39 +0000 http://threedollarbillreviews.com/?p=739#comment-1586 Oh I agree, the football talk made sense. Especially given the characters and focus of the book, it's very important. I do think the book defies stereotypes and wakes up people. I can only imagine being in high school and struggling with your sexuality on top of everything else. This book offers a glimpse into that and does so incredibly well. Oh I agree, the football talk made sense. Especially given the characters and focus of the book, it’s very important.

I do think the book defies stereotypes and wakes up people. I can only imagine being in high school and struggling with your sexuality on top of everything else. This book offers a glimpse into that and does so incredibly well.

]]> By: Cary http://threedollarbillreviews.com/2010/05/25/out-of-the-pocket-by-bill-konigsberg/#comment-1565 Cary Thu, 27 May 2010 00:31:40 +0000 http://threedollarbillreviews.com/?p=739#comment-1565 All the football talk made sense to me, considering the target audience which is teenagers, particularly teenagers interested in sports, at least that was my take on it. I liked the book, too, and appreciated it as a somewhat different kind of high school story, about a school sports hero who is also gay. It's a challenge to the whole sports culture mainstream, that a masculine guy who is good at sports and looked up to as a leader by his masculine team mates and his coaches -- that that guy can also be gay. The sports world and the world of high school tend to be ruthless in enforcing traditional views of masculinity. By writing such a sports-oriented story geared at teenagers, this is a shot across the bow of that hide-bound culture. All the football talk made sense to me, considering the target audience which is teenagers, particularly teenagers interested in sports, at least that was my take on it. I liked the book, too, and appreciated it as a somewhat different kind of high school story, about a school sports hero who is also gay. It’s a challenge to the whole sports culture mainstream, that a masculine guy who is good at sports and looked up to as a leader by his masculine team mates and his coaches — that that guy can also be gay. The sports world and the world of high school tend to be ruthless in enforcing traditional views of masculinity. By writing such a sports-oriented story geared at teenagers, this is a shot across the bow of that hide-bound culture.

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