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The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World by Alan Downs
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I’m very much not the target audience but wow this book made me angry.
Maybe it’s effective and meaningful for white, middle-aged gay men who were raised in traditional nuclear families.
But between the special snowflakes and the contrast with my reading into trauma and domestic abuse? Not to mention the idea that habitually doing something—anything—that relieves stress when overwhelmed = addiction? Highly irritating and alienating.
Maybe it’s effective and meaningful for white, middle-aged gay men who were raised in traditional nuclear families.
But between the special snowflakes and the contrast with my reading into trauma and domestic abuse? Not to mention the idea that habitually doing something—anything—that relieves stress when overwhelmed = addiction? Highly irritating and alienating.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol