Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

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

4 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

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

ladymirtazapine's review

emotional funny hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Police brutality, Murder, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

achingallover's review

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