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The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen
3 reviews
daryn's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death
Minor: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Acephobia/Arophobia
spuriousdiphthongs's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Some interesting food for thought, especially given where I am in life right now. I think folks in my queer book club would especially appreciate this. This wasn't the best written book and I frequently got names confused because there are a lot of different ones, but she brings up great points, including the fact that relationships like these are not covered in media, research, and general culture. I hope this is just the start of books on this topic. If you liked Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close and Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex, you'd probably be interested in this one too.
Content Warnings
Minor: Lesbophobia, Deadnaming, and Homophobia
torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Abandonment, Infertility, Gaslighting, Cancer, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship
This was a great, really informative read. I have always been someone who really valued friendship above family, and often above romantic partnerships as well, so it was really interesting to read about multiple groups of people, some who lived with their close friends, some who prioritized their friendship and eschewed romantic relationships, some who became caregivers for each other… it was really inspiring and lovely, and a great reminder of the ways that deep connection can occur, whether people are dating or married or what. The book ends with an analysis of the types of needs these pairs or triads have and the legal and societal reforms that they would benefit from, and it was genuinely really thought-provoking as well as very heartfelt and well-researched.
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