Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker

5 reviews

puggreader's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

a bit like reading a long wikipedia article. this was extremely informative to me and i feel like the authors accomplished their goal of providing a pretty accessible start to people new to queer theory. the descriptions are short and concise but somehow to me still felt like an incredibly dense read. i also wish that the criticisms/more modern updates to queer theory were given more space, it felt disproportionate to me, especially considering i fit into the categories of people typically ignored. i think it is a solid and mostly approachable  introduction and is giving me a lot more to read from since there are so many references throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content

3frenchtoast's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

rini's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia and Lesbophobia

Minor: Colonisation, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Outing, Racism, Suicide, and Transphobia

pastelkerstin's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

4.0

A good introduction to Queer Theory that holds your attention by being concise and having lots of illustrations (some of which are quite funny). It's definitely just an overview but lots of authors and their works are referenced in the text and there is a further reading list in the back, so if you want to read more, you'll have a lot of jumping off points. I don't always agree with Queer Theorists on everything and this book also mentions a lot of criticisms of aspects of Queer Theory, but some ideas I don't agree with are kind of just presented in a  value-neutral way. Maybe that's a me-problem though.

Overall, a quick read, and I would recommend this to people who want to know what the gist of Queer Theory is but who find other longer works inaccessible, too complicated or boring. Know what you're getting into though: This book is about Queer Theory as an academic field first and foremost. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Ableism

notthatlibrarian's review

challenging informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Minor: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Body shaming