Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas

6 reviews

amarige's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Extremely engaging satirical critique of patriarchy and capitalism, if you choose to read it with that perspective. If not, this book could pose a threat in the wrong hands.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Abortion, Gun violence, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, and Addiction

You really have to read this as satire to fully appreciate it.

albertetitley's review against another edition

So disappointing
It was really poorly written. Solanas would contradict her point a lot, or they would be too convoluted to make any sense.

I knew before hand that it was extremely critical of men. Which I didn’t really have a problem with, but I think her analysis walk to close to just straight up eugenics. Call men a birth defect.

She is also extremely transphobic, which is so disappointing when trans women, are even more likely to be victims of violence from men.

Though she is also extremely cruel and narrow view on women who enjoy sex with men.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Transphobia

wildflower09's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

2.5

What in the hell did I just read? Trigger warning for basically everything. 
I don't even know where to begin, the book seems to be disorganized and is at times hard to read. However not all of her ideas and observations are total whack. Men are often times violent, and much more often so than women. 
On the other hand, claiming

that women are inherently men and men inherently women because men have pussy envy...

it reads very Freudian.
Also, it sounds like Valerie spent time with too many trans women and got a very warped view of them. But then again, this book was written in the 60s.
It's overall.... an interesting book, gives some insight into feminism, transphobia and the struggles of the LGBTQ community in the 60s. 
Read at your own risk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Slavery, Suicide, and Ableism

miss_hva's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Sexual violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia

emmariana97's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

This manifesto is balls to the wall insane, speeding ahead at 500 miles an hour and chock full of sentences that give you psychological whiplash. THIS book is rage made manifest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Murder, Violence, Classism, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

stella1102's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Transphobia, Murder, War, Homophobia, and Genocide