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On that front, the novel is more about feminism than gender per se.

Pratchett’s presentation of this is very clearly not as genderqueer these are women who think of themselves as women – although when they end up, while soldiers, dressed as men, it appears to cause them some confusion – who have crossdressed for a specific reason. This review will contain SPOILERS for the book.Īs the title hints, Monstrous Regiment is about a squad of soldiers who have all dressed up as men in order to enlist for various reasons. It is, however, the first time I’ve read it with a critical eye to Pratchett’s presentation of gender and gender nonconformity. I am, and for a long time have been, a huge fan of Discworld, so this is far from the first time I’ve read Monstrous Regiment in the decade or so since it was first published. Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of it.Īll they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape takes more time. Cutting off her hair and wearing the trousers in easy. Polly Perks has to become a boy in a hurry if she wants to find her brother in the army. Not in jobs, pubs, or indeed trousers, and certainly not on the front line. Women belong in the kitchen – everyone knows that.