Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture by Matt Baume

2 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

Fun but also important social retrospective on LGBTQ+ rights and legalities for many decades, pulling and pushing forward and pulling and pushing backwards. And finally, someone who agrees with me that Friends was unnecessarily homophobic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and War

bashsbooks's review

funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Hi Honey, I'm Homo is such a fascinating and engaging queer-lensed jaunt through the history of sitcoms. I never realized the relationship between sitcoms and public acceptance of queerness was so symbiotic, but it makes a lot of sense. I especially enjoyed hearing about earlier sitcoms, like Bewitched, whose relationship to queerness had to be veiled. And the direct quotes from actors, writers, producers, S&P members, and the episodes themselves really enriched the text. As an audiobook-specific review, I will also add that Baume has a great voice and clearly knows his stuff. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to read up on queer and/or television history.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Grief, Abortion, Sexual harassment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

-Queer slurs (in quotes) -Chronic illness is specifically discussions of the AIDS epidemic during the chapters about the 80s