Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

4 reviews

takarakei's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Body shaming, Rape, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, and Fatphobia

Minor: Ableism, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Unfortunately a lot of modern science is based on animal testing/experiments, some of which are described in this book

jcinf's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

For nonfiction, I really enjoyed this. I’m not a nonfiction girly, so it did take me a little while to get through. 

But the narrator (I believe the author narrated) was really engaging. She had a great tone. Fun when it was time to be fun and serious when necessary, too. 

SA (s*exual ass*ult) trigger warning. But those parts were super well written. I appreciated how she didn’t linger on those parts too long. It felt just enough to inform without being triggering. 

My main complaint is that it felt redundant at times. Tho I can understand that she may have been redundant bc the whole point of the book is to shift narratives surrounding AFAB/women/femme people’s sex lives. And it’s hard to shift narratives rooted is misogyny with just a few sentences. 

Main topics I loved:
• dropping the shame around sex
• normalizing a diversity labias 
• understanding your style of desire — spontaneous or responsive 
• changing your expectations of yourself during sex

Highly recommend to anyone like me, who gets in their head during sex sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective

4.0

Most of what's in this book is stuff I knew already. I think this would be more useful for people with more complicated relationships with sex and their bodies. The author's tone is compassionate and knowledgeable, and I'm sure the book has helped and will continue to help lots of people. I wish that the author was more specific about using terms like "cis" and "dfab" since that's the audience she's discussing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexism, and Body shaming

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Death of parent, War, Terminal illness, Cancer, Alcohol, and Ableism

cis-centrism

jojesweden's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Stalking, Mental illness, Ableism, Lesbophobia, and Body shaming