Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw

10 reviews

lunxchloe's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

Probably my quickest non-fiction read ever. Shaw covers bi history and culture, talks about how science tried and tries to assess sexuality somewhat objectively and sprinkles in her own experiences as a bisexual woman.
I found this to be a very affirming read, considering how often I personally stumbled upon bi erasure. This book is one I'll probably never stop recommending to friends, no matter their sexuality, gender or relationship status.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying

ienbdri's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Transphobia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Self harm, Outing, Mental illness, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Suicide

billiema3's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Racism, Torture, Violence, Hate crime, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

aly97's review against another edition

informative relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime

bashsbooks's review against another edition

hopeful informative slow-paced

3.75

This book is informative... to a newly bisexual person entering the community or a particularly good ally. But the advertising made me hopeful that it would be more for someone like me (someone who has been out and entrenched in the bisexual community for a long time). And while I did not feel unwelcome to this book, much of its contents were explaining things I already knew. Therefore, I recommend it as a touchstone and basic primer for bi studies.

*Also, this book treats all multisexual identities as falling 'under the bi umbrella', so if you are pan, poly, omni, etc. this book was written with you in mind, but you may not enjoy the bi-prioritization in the language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

Minor: Bullying, Sexism, Violence, Racism, Ableism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Mental illness, and Rape

All of the content warnings are discussed in an academic sense; they are not described directly in detail as if someone is experiencing them, but rather, the author goes into depth about the vulerabilities of the bisexual (and queer) community.

violetaudrey's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Hate crime, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexism, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery

larbster90's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Biphobia, Sexism, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, and Sexual violence

pythonesque's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad fast-paced

3.75

Mainly focuses on Western problems with a quick glance at extreme cases of queer-phobia in Africa, but hey, there's not much adequate materials on this topic at all, so... Better a small fish than an empty dish

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Racism, Hate crime, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

peachuchu's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual harassment