PositiveLambda Literary... ambitious ... Geffen unwinds the currents of sexism, racism, and heteronormativity in the music industry, and brings the receipts when it comes to acts of appropriation ... It’s surprising a work that centers non-binary performers would omit the extravagant queer flame of Jobriath, and Mercury prize winner (as Antony, lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons) Ahnoni. Also left unexamined are the gender provocations of the New York Dolls and Madonna, the latter as much for her gender subverting presentation as her appropriation of ballroom culture. That said, with Geffen’s boundless love for music, deep listening skills, and expansive knowledge, they have queered the map of pop in language as accessible as a yellow brick road. Although one might consider how pop simultaneously enforces the binary, Geffen makes an affirmative case that \'music shelters gender rebellion.\'
