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Like the physical book but better because it’s read by my two favorite podcasters <3333
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Thank you Jessica Kingsley Publishers and Netgalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review!
I have listened to a few episodes of their podcast and I enjoyed it, so I was curious about the book. Unfortunately, as a book, it didn't work for me at all. It was hard to follow a lot of times. Because this is still such underrepresented topic, I feel like they could've done more than just scratch the surface.
They did make some interesting points that I would to know more about, but that's about it.
What I really don't like is how casually JKR is mentioned in this book. Especially with how they have a whole chapter dedicated to gender.
They called it "JKR's view on gender." Call it what it is: transphobia. THAT is her view on gender. That part could have easily been left out of the book. I find it very disappointing that the TERF was mentioned in a book that is supposed to be queer friendly.
I just don't get why they had to include problematic things. Like when, a couple of pages before that mentioned a racist old-school Western movie as an example of genres with romantic-sexual storylines. The reason why they mentioned it was because there weren't any other old-school Westerns that aren't problematic. So... why not leave it out? They already made their point with the other genres they mentioned.
I just don't understand the decision to mention problematic media when it doesn't really add something, but that could just be me.
I have listened to a few episodes of their podcast and I enjoyed it, so I was curious about the book. Unfortunately, as a book, it didn't work for me at all. It was hard to follow a lot of times. Because this is still such underrepresented topic, I feel like they could've done more than just scratch the surface.
They did make some interesting points that I would to know more about, but that's about it.
What I really don't like is how casually JKR is mentioned in this book. Especially with how they have a whole chapter dedicated to gender.
They called it "JKR's view on gender." Call it what it is: transphobia. THAT is her view on gender. That part could have easily been left out of the book. I find it very disappointing that the TERF was mentioned in a book that is supposed to be queer friendly.
I just don't get why they had to include problematic things. Like when, a couple of pages before that mentioned a racist old-school Western movie as an example of genres with romantic-sexual storylines. The reason why they mentioned it was because there weren't any other old-school Westerns that aren't problematic. So... why not leave it out? They already made their point with the other genres they mentioned.
I just don't understand the decision to mention problematic media when it doesn't really add something, but that could just be me.
Just based on where I am personally, I didn’t feel like this was adding anything to my understanding of asexuality. It could be a great intro for someone with less knowledge!
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