Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Females by Andrea Long Chu

6 reviews

afrinazerinnoor's review

1.5

As a TERF I absolutely love this porn-addicted autogynophile's ramblings. He thinks of his views on the female condition to be something profound. It's not, it's well-phrased semi-coherent nonsense. His notion of "female"ness is misogynistic to the core and in its flesh, with only a thin transparent layer of irony providing some cover, which seems to be enough for people who hold the view that by virtue of being apparently the most oppressed group, trans woMEN have transcended their human frames and are prophets upon whom the answer to what it really means to be a woman has been revealed. They are beings who've chosen to let go of their male privilege to become their true selves. They are more of a woman than any actual woman who only happened to be born into a female frame. Andrea in very flowery language admits to his regressive views about womanhood, and boldly asserts that his porn-rotted views are more mature and grounded in reality than radical feminist analysis of what it means to exist as a woman which he thinks is juvenile. He admits that "He is helplessly addicted to porn" but does not seem to be aware of the fact that this p*** addiction is what is behind the formation of his view that being female is to submit to become a f***hole (in relation to a pornographic object, your own and other people's will, or a physical phallus). This same crowd insists that the physiological notion of femaleness is limiting or even insulting to women. Andrea basically is saying "Yes, my addiction to and dependence on sissy porn strengthened my autogynephilic tendency so much that I had no choice but to submit to it. But fuck it, you are no better, you must have the same impulses, I know you do, you just haven't given into it yet."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

zombiezami's review

Whelp, I don't know what that was, but I do know it wasn't for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual content, Self harm, Medical content, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Dysphoria, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Violence, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Excrement, Rape, Racism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Slavery, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

sjrogers's review

fast-paced

2.0

Everyone should read this book, and everyone should hate it.

Author is honest, at least, about being a disgusting pseudointellectual who loves postmodernism and porn. Verso can't help themselves, they'd give anyone like this a book deal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual violence

erinnuttle's review

challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia and Misogyny

mads_jpg's review

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.5

A really interesting read with takes on gender that I never would've considered, occasionally the author's focus on Valerie Solanas drags a bit but when it's good, it's great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Racism, and Racial slurs

bookfreaklol's review

challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Transphobia, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment