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lou_weed's review against another edition
emotional
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informative
lighthearted
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medium-paced
3.25
genthebookworm's review
4.0
{Thank you to St. Martin's Press for my gifted copy.}
The 2000s Made Me Gay is an essay-style book that will connect with readers that were also coming into adulthood in the 2000s. For LGBTQ+ millennials, it was a time when not just society but also media was still very heteronormative. Much needed change was on the horizon, yes, but in the early 2000s, the heterosexual experience was often shown in a token or flat way, to fill the spot but never be able to fill the void.
"It’s like—you know how before 1990, cable was barely a thing, and so everyone just watched the same four broadcast channels? Which meant everyone was watching pretty much the same shows, consuming the same content, which resulted in 106 million people watching the M*A*S*H* series finale in 1983, because it was pretty good but mostly because it was, well, there? The L Word didn’t weasel its way into the lesbian lexicon because it was such a great show or because it really connected with great swaths of the queer experience...The L Word was all we had." -Grace Perry
Media had yet to be able to show the nuanced look at sexual preferences and gender fluidity and it showed. Author Grace Perry shares a look at 2000s pop culture and how it related to both her experience and the world around her. This was a quick and fascinating read and it was both a trip down memory lane (MTV Real World anyone?) and also a better look at the trauma media had on the LGPTQ+ population, especially those that were coming of age at that time.
The 2000s Made Me Gay is an essay-style book that will connect with readers that were also coming into adulthood in the 2000s. For LGBTQ+ millennials, it was a time when not just society but also media was still very heteronormative. Much needed change was on the horizon, yes, but in the early 2000s, the heterosexual experience was often shown in a token or flat way, to fill the spot but never be able to fill the void.
"It’s like—you know how before 1990, cable was barely a thing, and so everyone just watched the same four broadcast channels? Which meant everyone was watching pretty much the same shows, consuming the same content, which resulted in 106 million people watching the M*A*S*H* series finale in 1983, because it was pretty good but mostly because it was, well, there? The L Word didn’t weasel its way into the lesbian lexicon because it was such a great show or because it really connected with great swaths of the queer experience...The L Word was all we had." -Grace Perry
Media had yet to be able to show the nuanced look at sexual preferences and gender fluidity and it showed. Author Grace Perry shares a look at 2000s pop culture and how it related to both her experience and the world around her. This was a quick and fascinating read and it was both a trip down memory lane (MTV Real World anyone?) and also a better look at the trauma media had on the LGPTQ+ population, especially those that were coming of age at that time.
savanaschubert's review
I really liked this essay collection!! I liked listening to the ones about Taylor Swift, Glee and Mean Girls specifically!!
cvsuthie's review
2.0
Wanted to like this but it was very repetitive and had many problematic takes on bisexuality that did not sit well with me
nicolesbookreviews's review against another edition
emotional
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medium-paced
4.0