Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

7 reviews

ienbdri's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Transphobia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Self harm, Outing, Mental illness, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Suicide

lizwizwiz's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

bashsbooks's review against another edition

hopeful informative slow-paced

3.75

This book is informative... to a newly bisexual person entering the community or a particularly good ally. But the advertising made me hopeful that it would be more for someone like me (someone who has been out and entrenched in the bisexual community for a long time). And while I did not feel unwelcome to this book, much of its contents were explaining things I already knew. Therefore, I recommend it as a touchstone and basic primer for bi studies.

*Also, this book treats all multisexual identities as falling 'under the bi umbrella', so if you are pan, poly, omni, etc. this book was written with you in mind, but you may not enjoy the bi-prioritization in the language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

Minor: Bullying, Sexism, Violence, Racism, Ableism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Mental illness, and Rape

All of the content warnings are discussed in an academic sense; they are not described directly in detail as if someone is experiencing them, but rather, the author goes into depth about the vulerabilities of the bisexual (and queer) community.

violetaudrey's review

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Hate crime, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexism, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery

larbster90's review

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Biphobia, Sexism, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, and Sexual violence

pythonesque's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad fast-paced

3.75

Mainly focuses on Western problems with a quick glance at extreme cases of queer-phobia in Africa, but hey, there's not much adequate materials on this topic at all, so... Better a small fish than an empty dish

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Racism, Hate crime, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

toffishay's review

emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

If you want to learn more about bisexual history, particularly in the West, then this is a very good read and a good resource. I liked the plotting and I think it touched on a variety of important topics that explain bisexuality as a concept today. Some of the writer's self-insert moments were fun, but others felt like it took away from the flow. I also think that this book has a very Western and white perspective. The book does address bisexuality around the world at points and talks about the differences of nonbinary and trans experiences with bisexuality, but not much. This is explained a lack of literature on these themes, which makes sense and the notes and references in the book would be good resources for additional readings and some of those sources are more diverse. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Outing, Mental illness, Biphobia, Sexual harassment, Rape, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Medical content

Minor: Racism, Infidelity, and Colonisation