'Given bisexuality's all too frequent erasure there is a need to represent [these] specific
histories' Times Literary Supplement 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.
