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amarige's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Extremely engaging satirical critique of patriarchy and capitalism, if you choose to read it with that perspective. If not, this book could pose a threat in the wrong hands.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Abortion, and Lesbophobia
You really have to read this as satire to fully appreciate it.wildflower09's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
2.5
What in the hell did I just read? Trigger warning for basically everything.
I don't even know where to begin, the book seems to be disorganized and is at times hard to read. However not all of her ideas and observations are total whack. Men are often times violent, and much more often so than women.
On the other hand, claiming that women are inherently men and men inherently women because men have pussy envy... it reads very Freudian.
Also, it sounds like Valerie spent time with too many trans women and got a very warped view of them. But then again, this book was written in the 60s.
It's overall.... an interesting book, gives some insight into feminism, transphobia and the struggles of the LGBTQ community in the 60s.
Read at your own risk.
I don't even know where to begin, the book seems to be disorganized and is at times hard to read. However not all of her ideas and observations are total whack. Men are often times violent, and much more often so than women.
On the other hand, claiming
Also, it sounds like Valerie spent time with too many trans women and got a very warped view of them. But then again, this book was written in the 60s.
It's overall.... an interesting book, gives some insight into feminism, transphobia and the struggles of the LGBTQ community in the 60s.
Read at your own risk.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Slavery, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Lesbophobia