Uneven : Nine Lives that Redefined Bisexuality-9781838956837

Uneven : Nine Lives that Redefined Bisexuality by Mills, Sam

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Author: Mills, Sam

Memoirs

Published on 23 January 2025 by ATLANTIC BOOKS in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 352 pages
145 x 223 x 35 | 454g

Uneven tells the stories of nine pioneering bisexual artists, writers and musicians that will change our understanding of the world's largest sexual minority.

Bisexuality is often seen as something temporary, in spite of increasing openness around it: a sign of immaturity or a waystation on the road to a different sexuality altogether, rather than its own distinct entity.

In this beautifully written cultural history, Sam Mills reclaims bisexuality as its own identity, interweaving her experience of being bisexual with illuminating portraits of a clutch of artists, writers and musicians, including Colette, Bessie Smith, Marlene Dietrich, Anaïs Nin, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Madonna.

Celebrating the resilience, diversity and spirit of the bisexual community through the ages, Uneven explores how each of these trailblazing figures have been misunderstood; how social attitudes affected their sexuality, their relationships and their work; how LGBTQ+ identities have been portrayed from the Victorian era to the present day; and how attitudes have progressed.

Illuminating, personal and entertaining, Uneven paints a nuanced portrait of a sidelined community.