gloomyboygirl's review against another edition
3.0
Honestly, it felt very repetitive and surface level. It would introduce a topic in an interesting way, include an essay that got a bit more into it, but then no new ground was covered, we'd just get a personal anecdote that reiterated the surface level point. It also felt like a lot of it wasn't about activism, more radical selflove-- which is good! I love radical self-love! It's just not what I thought I was reading. Most of what I got from it was "Explore and listen to yourself, drugs can be a force for good, nonmonogamy can be ethical, love is powerful" with a little more depth in how to love yourself as a sexual being. Which is all good and fun, but for a 440 page book that proposes to be focused on activism, I'm disappointed. If it was a self-love or anticapitalist self-help book, this might be rated higher, because it succeeded more at that.
hereistheend's review against another edition
4.0
I really dig this book and the way each essay comes at pleasure from a different point of view. I do wish it had pressed deeper into pleasure that isn’t mostly via sex and drugs; I hadn’t expected this, from the subtitle “The Politics of Feeling Good.” I feel like there’s so much more to say that could have been said. This is good, but not what I’d hoped for.
solitarysoul's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
wordwound's review against another edition
4.0
A really wonderful collection of essays, poems, art, and reflections on pleasure. Like a few other reviewers, I too feel that food was missing from the conversation but I still really appreciated the nuggets of wisdom shared by adrienne maree brown and her community.
kaiilacatherine's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0