Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw

45 reviews

giulia_rossi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical trauma, and Outing

lilybear3's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

In the conclusion the author says, “I wrote this book because this book didn’t exist.”  I appreciate that this book exists and I hope that it helps people like me feel seen and understood.  I hope people who don’t identify as bi read this book and gain a better understanding of bisexuality.  I didn’t have a strong grasp on the history or culture of bisexuality when I was questioning, coming out, and even after.  This book gave me so much knowledge and things to think about.  The format is like an academic book, but written in accessible language, like a pop sociology/psychology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing and Sexual content

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and War

mikaylawood's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Xenophobia and Islamophobia

Minor: Sexual content

sarah_e_lo's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Outing

fivefeather's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

A bit meandering; I sometimes wondered why Shaw spent so long on a specific topic. Though it's mentioned in the tagline, bisexual *culture* is a minor aspect of the book compared to history, science, and the struggles faced by bisexual people in queer and straight culture.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Talks extensively about biphobic harrassment and hate crimes, but there are no detailed descriptions of specific events.

dizzzybrook's review

informative fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia

196books's review

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

alexstartsthings's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape