Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

4 reviews

garbutch's review against another edition

informative reflective

4.25

I love when books exist about queer culture, people, theory, sociology etc that use the word f

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and refer to people as racist with the knowledge and fair assumption that I would not first need to be convinced racism exists. It's like a friend and comrade is infodumping to me in the alley outside a drag show while they're having a cigarette. It's writing that talks to me like a peer and a queer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Genocide, Death, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Suicide, Slavery, Racism, Homophobia, Gun violence, War, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexism, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Murder, Outing, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism, Bullying, Antisemitism, and Adult/minor relationship

This book profiles several different historical figures who have done a variety of different things which are by and large, horrifying. Some of these figures have died by suicide or assassination. There is a fair bit in the book which talks about older gay men being into young boys, but it doesn't outright state what exactly that means or what the age gap is, or how young these boys are. It's unclear if they merely mean adult twinks or actual minors. (I may be misremembering details, but this is my best recollection after listening to the audiobook.)

theotheleo's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Homophobia

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, and Colonisation

queerloras's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

I thought this was a really interesting look at queer history, focusing not on the familiar heroes - Marsha P. Johnson, Harvey Milk, Oscar Wilde, etc. - but the messy types who we are less keen to claim as "one of us". The section on Magnus Hirschfeld was particularly interesting, and I liked how global the history was  admittedly generally the Global North, but the people covered were from everywhere between the USA and Japan.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Islamophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Addiction, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Cancer, Colonisation, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Classism, Drug abuse, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Police brutality, Suicide, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

risemini's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, Death, and Misogyny