Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Lo indispesable de Unas bollos de cuidado by Alison Bechdel

9 reviews

lavalierre's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, War, Biphobia, Cancer, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, and Death of parent

kappafrog's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

What a great piece of history to dive into. I felt indebted to these women (or rather, the people in the author's life they represent). It was fascinating getting insights into what feminism was like in the 80s through 00s. Also really interesting to see the events of the 21st century from a different perspective than I had as a kid growing up leftist in a conservative place. It was also depressing at times to see how little has changed.

The main issue with the collection for me was how insufferable a few of the characters were. Mo really annoyed me until Sydney came along and made her seem reasonable and well rounded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Transphobia, War, Ableism, Medical content, Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Biphobia, Cancer, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Abortion, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Cursing, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Deportation, Mass/school shootings, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Blood, Bullying, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Rape

dominic_t's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a challenging read. The characters were sometimes insufferable, but I grew to really like them. I wasn't a fan of the ending. It was pretty abrupt because the author went on hiatus. I didn't like that

Sydney and Mo stayed together and Clarice and Toni split up. Sydney was shitty to Mo, and I didn't see why they stayed together. I didn't like Sydney at all. Toni and Clarice clearly had lingering feelings, and I would have liked to see a resolution to that. They were still apart at the end of the book. I would have liked to see them either resolve their feelings or get back together.

But it was very true to life. Sometimes your friends make decisions that you disagree with, and sometimes you don't get a tidy resolution to your conflicts.

I absolutely loved

the relationship between Sparrow and her partner (I can't remember his name). It was a great example of how bisexual women with male partners can be part of the lesbian community. I loved seeing them parent together. I also loved the storyline with the trans girl, Janis.

Sometimes it was hard to read because of all the political content, but that content was so important. It was just hard to see how we are still struggling with a lot of the same issues. It was hard to see how little progress we've made in some areas. I think reading all of the strips together in a relatively short period made that tougher to handle. I think reading them as they came out would have made that less difficult. 

This is such an influential collection and such an important snapshot in time in a queer community. It's worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Homophobia

Minor: Biphobia and Transphobia

Discussions of conservative politics, including the war in Iraq and homophobic laws

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging funny informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Biphobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Deadnaming

Minor: Racism, Hate crime, and War

cms0899's review against another edition

funny inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Homophobia, War, and Transphobia

Moderate: Cancer

arsenic_'s review against another edition

funny informative inspiring medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Animal death

Minor: Abortion, Homophobia, Outing, Sexism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, War, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Homophobia, Deadnaming, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Cursing

Moderate: Misogyny, Alcohol, Animal death, Biphobia, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Addiction, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Grief, Classism, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion, Ableism, Bullying, Drug use, Dementia, Xenophobia, Torture, and Islamophobia

starrygal's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

An honest, realistic, and heartwarming portrayal of a group of people (mostly lesbians) living their lives. I found it hard to put down, and it made me laugh more than a few times. The part that I enjoyed less was that it spent a lot of time on the intricacies of US politics - several decades ago. If that kind of thing is your cup of tea, then more power to you, but otherwise, you'll probably do as I did and skim that in order to get back to the relationship drama.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Ableism, Infidelity, Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Animal death, and Biphobia

Minor: Car accident, Dysphoria, Genocide, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Xenophobia, Deadnaming, Dementia, Medical content, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, and Hate crime

heyjaycee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Dykes to Watch Out For is a comic strip created by Alison Bechdel in the mid-80’s that ran weekly in alternative newspapers for years. It’s achieved legendary status in sapphic circles as an extensive chronicle of American lesbian culture, a lifebuoy to grasp in the cold deluge of straight cultural hegemony. It follows Mo, Lois, Ginger, Sparrow, Clarice, Toni, and their friends and family as they navigate life, love, and radical politics.

Bechdel is a natural funnywoman, because she sees the inherent ridiculousness in all of us, and that that ridiculousness is our humanity. All her characters are layered, none of them perfect and none of them irredeemable. Dykes to Watch Out For is a tonic in this age of purity culture—it says you don’t have to be ideologically pure, you don’t have to dress a certain way, you don’t have to fuck a certain sort of people, to be part of the queer community. Bechdel’s dykes are diverse not only of race and body type but of opinion and lifestyle.

In her intro, Bechdel draws herself freaking out over the idea that many young sapphics’ first encounter with lesbian culture is now through her comics, and how that might be shaping the culture itself. I think, if that’s so, that’s no bad thing. Growing up bi and AFAB, I could have done with a comic that told me there was no right or wrong way to be me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia, Ableism, Homophobia, and Biphobia

All -phobias in DTWOF are realistic queer experiences, including from fellow queers, not gratuitous.