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2.0
Boyfriends of Dorothy - 2⭐️
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I picked up this book with the hopes of finding a retelling. A few pages in, and I learned this book is nonfiction. This book is titled after a term the author and her friends created “friends of Dorothy” which in their mind meant to be gay. This book is a short story about the gay male friends in the author’s life and how they were treated by the straight men in her life
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This book was around 35 pages. I originally didn’t know how to rate this, because it essentially means I’m rating someone’s life experience. Although this book was short I found many problematic details in it. But the thing that bothered me the most was her obsession with hell. The topic seemed to come out of nowhere constantly and it was never really explained. I guess is was an okay book, but the more I think about it, the more the book upsets me.
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I picked up this book with the hopes of finding a retelling. A few pages in, and I learned this book is nonfiction. This book is titled after a term the author and her friends created “friends of Dorothy” which in their mind meant to be gay. This book is a short story about the gay male friends in the author’s life and how they were treated by the straight men in her life
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This book was around 35 pages. I originally didn’t know how to rate this, because it essentially means I’m rating someone’s life experience. Although this book was short I found many problematic details in it. But the thing that bothered me the most was her obsession with hell. The topic seemed to come out of nowhere constantly and it was never really explained. I guess is was an okay book, but the more I think about it, the more the book upsets me.
pamcullen's review
5.0
"He had raised the bar and raised the stakes. I wanted all men to make me feel the way A had made me feel, and I wanted all guys to be more like than unlike him. They had to laugh at my jokes and admire my mind and understand and appreciate nonconformity. They had to care about books and be able to talk about everything. They had to celebrate femininity, to worship it—to not just want girls."
GOSH. I felt that. Actually, I feel it right now and it's horrible.
On the other hand, the essay is so honest and beautiful and most important, it give me hope.
GOSH. I felt that. Actually, I feel it right now and it's horrible.
On the other hand, the essay is so honest and beautiful and most important, it give me hope.
nikkigee81's review
2.0
While I get the author's point and I like her writing style, it does seem as if she's fetishising the whole "gay boyfriend" trope, which she recognizes as a trope in the story!
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