000			04610cam a2200505 i 4500
001			on1243352336
003			OCoLC
005			20220121140727.0
008			210327t20212021bcca 6 000 0 eng
040			_aNLC _beng _erda _cYDX _dBDX _dNLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dGO4 _dIUK _dOCLCO _dCDX _dUKMGB _dVP@ _dYDX _dDUD _dCEF _dOCLCO _dHRF _dOCL _dNFG
015			_a20210211881 _2can
015			_aGBC1H0346 _2bnb
016	7		_a020356979 _2Uk
020			_a1551528541 _qpaperback
020			_a9781551528540 _qpaperback
035			_a(OCoLC)1243352336
042			_alac
092			_a158.2 _bB499
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aBergman, S. Bear, _d1974- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSpecial topics in being a human : _ba queer and tender guide to things I've learned the hard way about caring for people, including myself / _cS. Bear Bergman ; illustrated by Saul Freedman-Lawson.
264		1	_aVancouver : _bArsenal Pulp Press, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2021
300			_a271 pages : _bchiefly color illustrations ; _c26 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"S. Bear Bergman's illustrated guide to practical advice for the modern age, filtered through a queer lens. As an author, educator, and public speaker, S. Bear Bergman has documented his experience as, among other things, a trans parent, with wit and aplomb. He also writes the advice column "Asking Bear," in which he answers crucial questions about how best to make our collective way through the world. Featuring disarming illustrations by Saul Freedman-Lawson, Special Topics in Being a Human elaborates on "Asking Bear"'s premise: a gentle, witty, and insightful book of practical advice for the modern age. It offers Dad advice and Jewish bubbe wisdom, all filtered through a queer lens, to help you navigate some of the complexities of life - from how to make big decisions or make a good apology, to how to get someone's new name and pronouns right as quickly as possible, to how to gracefully navigate a breakup. With warmth and candor, Special Topics in Being a Human calls out social inequities and injustices in traditional advice-giving, validates your feelings, asks a lot of questions, and tries to help you be your best possible self with kindness, compassion, and humour."-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_a1. How to make big decisions in a way that matches your values -- 2. How to tell people things they very probably won't be happy to hear, at least at first -- 3. How to keep firmly and everlastingly in mind that doing nothing is neutral -- 4. How to give the kind of help that helping's all about (and not the kind we all can do without) -- 5. How to avoid getting your upset all over people when you feel out of control -- 6. How to love someone with your words, actions, and priorities (in addition to your feelings, which I'm sure are very nice) -- 7. How to apologize (properly, not like a Republican Congressman) -- 8. How to have a disagreement, or even an argument, without having a fight -- 9. How to be reasonably graceful when a relationship has ended, even if you feel wretched -- 10. How to take criticism (and how to tell what's criticism and what's just a pointless insult) -- 11. How to take a compliment sometimes (no one is reading your diary; we all struggle with this) -- 12. How to get someone's new name ad/or pronouns right, every times, sooner than you think -- 13. How to increase a sense of safety for women and other people with marginalized genders whom you encounter in daily life -- 14. How to be bad at things but do them anyway -- 15. How to be a useful ally or co-resister to actual people whom you support -- 16. How to keep going when you just want more than anything to stop, for G'd's sake -- 17. How to be yourself.
650		0	_aInterpersonal relations _vComic books, strips, etc. _9128297
650		0	_aConduct of life _vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650		0	_aConduct of life _vComic books, strips, etc. _9281766
650		0	_aKindness _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aCaring _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aSelf-actualization (Psychology) _vComic books, strips, etc. _9306634
650		0	_aLife skills _vHandbooks, manuals, etc. _991472
650		0	_aLife skills _vComic books, strips, etc.
655		7	_aNonfiction comics. _2lcgft _9295862
655		7	_aGraphic novels. _2lcgft _9205
655		7	_aSelf-help publications. _2lcgft _9322522
655		0	_aLGBTQ+.
700	1		_aFreedman-Lawson, Saul, _eillustrator.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c338435 _d338435