Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture, by Grace Perry

5 reviews

ninjamuse's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Minor: Biphobia and Transphobia

lilybearillini3's review

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

From the introduction, Grace Perry had me hooked! I rarely laugh while reading a book, even if it's funny. This book broke that for me as I laughed many times throughout.  Grace and I are technically in the same generation, albeit I'm so close to the next one.  Her voice is exactly my humor, so I felt like I had a grasp on the pop culture moments that were before my time.   A++ for essay titles, my favorite being "Harry Potter and the Half-Assed Gay Character."  "Taylor Swift Made Me a U-Haul Dyke" is one of my favorite chapters, because I semi-grew up knowing and sometimes liking her and her music. I have to agree with Grace, listening to her music made me a romantic, to my detriment at times.

I enjoyed reading Grace's experiences and her use of pop culture to tell these stories.  I found myself reflecting on my own journey in discovering my sexuality, often relating to the pop culture references.  It was a super fun read and I will be recommending to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Sexual content, and Medical content

bryelle's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

The authors life experience of coming out, and working through being gay. The fun of the pop culture references and how they shaped not only the author but a generation of millennials to being this specific type of gay. The author only looks at the queer aspect of things, and does little to acknowledge other aspects of her identity. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Death

mallory10100's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

4.75

i loved this book, easily the most relatable book i’ve ever read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Cursing and Death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Suicide

i loved this book. at some points it felt like grace literally peeked inside my own brain. however i wish she used the D slur a lot less (yet i understand that it’s an a reclaimed fashion)

imstephtacular's review

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia