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Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution: An Oral History by Walter Crasshole, Yony Leyser, Liam Warfield
5 reviews
quinnyquinnquinn's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia
Moderate: Hate crime, Rape, and Violence
Minor: Drug use and War
moonyreadsbystarlight's review
informative
reflective
3.0
I was really prepared to love this book, but I came out of it having mixed emotions. There were parts of this that I really enjoyed but other parts that I didn't care for.
I had some issues with the way it was framed. I went in with some knowledge of certain groups and a lot of queer history, but still found myself lost in sections. While I appreciate how it was set up by topic, I think that not including a little bit of background before some of them was a mistake, especially since we weren't seeing people tell their parts of the story to fully understand their perspective in these moments.
Over all, I did get a lot out of this book, but I think it could have been stronger.
I had some issues with the way it was framed. I went in with some knowledge of certain groups and a lot of queer history, but still found myself lost in sections. While I appreciate how it was set up by topic, I think that not including a little bit of background before some of them was a mistake, especially since we weren't seeing people tell their parts of the story to fully understand their perspective in these moments.
Over all, I did get a lot out of this book, but I think it could have been stronger.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia
Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Rape
arlingtonchamberofgay's review
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing and Rape
aus10england's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Dang, this is a hard one for me, as I hard a lot of problems with the formatting, not so much the subject matter. I’ve never read an oral history, but I found it rather difficult to differentiate the different perspectives. I got about halfway through before I realized there was an index for the speakers in the back, but I didn’t feel like flipping back and forth trying to remember who everyone was. The content itself I really enjoyed! Especially about zines and the conversations about gender. This would be a great read for someone wanting to study queer history in an academic sense, maybe not as accessible to the casual reader.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and War
philipeos's review
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
It's so hard to describe how home I felt reading this book. As a young queer person myself it's so indescribably beautiful to how about my queer ancestors, the people that paved the way to the world of today, that I have the privilege of living in. As a citizen of Germany I am a member of the queer community that has a lot of privileges and still there is so much work to be done! And I love seeing that energy and how it always existed and isn't dying down.
Viewing the world through a queer lense has been eye opening for me. I finally feel like I could actually be free. This book is one of the tools I had, also including talking to queer people a lot more and surrounding myself with my community, that made me feel like I'm opening my eyes for the first time again!
Thank you for all the people that did such a beautiful job capturing this eventful time and emphasizing that this moment is still very much alive.
Viewing the world through a queer lense has been eye opening for me. I finally feel like I could actually be free. This book is one of the tools I had, also including talking to queer people a lot more and surrounding myself with my community, that made me feel like I'm opening my eyes for the first time again!
Thank you for all the people that did such a beautiful job capturing this eventful time and emphasizing that this moment is still very much alive.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Dysphoria
Minor: Drug use