Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture by Amelia Abraham

6 reviews

randeerebecca's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

I learned about parts of queer culture I had never heard of before (e.g. ballroom culture), but otherwise didn’t feel like this was that great. The author is a lesbian and part of the title of this book referred to it as a “personal journey through LGBTQ+ culture.” Other than the relationship anecdotes, there was actually VERY little exploration or discussion of lesbian culture at all. This book claims to be about LGBTQ+ culture, but it really focuses mostly on gay men, transgender women, and shitting on RuPaul. There’s no acknowledgment whatsoever of ace identity, and very little expansion on lesbian or bisexual identities. I did not read the last chapter, so it’s possible the author suddenly decided to expand her focus, but I doubt it.

As a disclaimer, I am not mad that this book is mostly about gay men and trans women. I am mad that the marketing and title led me to believe that it would be a personal reflection written by a lesbian. I am a lesbian and I read this book for pride month because I wanted to make an effort to expose myself to media where I would see myself represented more. I wish I had not wasted my time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Murder, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Addiction

tlaynejones's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, and Murder

Minor: Outing and Cultural appropriation

souplover2001's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

a very informative story of different lgbtq+ people across europe and the usa and what being queer means to/for them intermingled with the authors own story of growth as a lesbian. i enjoyed it — felt like a very long article or essay + loved the chapters in nyc and istanbul

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Racism, Police brutality, and War

josieruby1's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Xenophobia and War

sophafie's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, and Outing

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I think this is what I wanted United Queerdom to be (with the caveat that it explores much wider than just the UK - the US, Serbia, Turkey, Sweden, Germany etc are covered, and that it explores a smaller time frame). It's written in a very journalistic style which makes it easy to read, but made me want a little more a times. That said, it was very well organised and covered a wide range of topics and opinions, from gay marriage and trans visibility to queer parenting and LGBTQ refugees.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Drug use, Racism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol