I sort of cannot believe this book was written in 2004. Like any innovative book, this was a bit of a mixed bag for me, but overall I would recommend it to folks interested in gender and sexuality. As an ecologist, I found part 1 extremely thoughtful and persuasive. As a scientist, I was more skeptical of some of the arguments in part 2, and I found some of the book’s claims around GMOs to be tenuous. I was especially bothered by the comparisons between GMO foods and genetic modification in humans (though I think the concerns sighted about human genetic modification are very real). The author does a very good job of explaining the state of the science, which allows you to draw your own interpretation of the data if you’re not picking up what she’s putting down. I found part 3 fascinating, but it left me wanting to read a book that was like part 1 of this book, but by an anthropologist. Overall, I thought this was a great and thought provoking read by someone who has truly been at the forefront of issues concerning gender and sexuality.