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4.16 AVERAGE
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I felt like this fell a little short of what the introduction promised. The introductory chapters really blew my hair back and I was very intrigued by the premise. Most of it was informative and I liked the writing style a lot (it was a conversational blend of academic and cheeky internet writing without getting too chatty). The historical portions weren’t anything I’d never heard of before, but the arrangement of them as a theme of “heterosexual repair” was insightful.
Ultimately, I felt like the author was never quite able to fully articulate how much she was discussing straight people and how much she was discussing “straight culture” in as much as it may exist beyond a sort of default status quo. Like many other reviewers, I found the survey section to be very weak and wish it had been more carefully edited )or edited at all). Just a lot of repetition without much insight.
I didn’t see much of myself in this book, which is something I’m familiar with and often seek out, as a person who aspires to read more diversely and is largely surrounded by LGBTQIA+ writers, podcasters, and, you know, real life friends and loved ones. But since this book SPECIFICALLY was supposedly addressed to me, it was a little weird, but a huge relief given the context.
The description of the problem was very thorough, but not particularly new to this usually-straight, leftist feminist, and I felt like the ending was weak since there weren’t really any solutions able to be offered. There may be straight women who find this book revelatory and I really hope it finds them, but I’m not really sure that the people who are intrigued by this book are the ones who need it most.
Ultimately, I felt like the author was never quite able to fully articulate how much she was discussing straight people and how much she was discussing “straight culture” in as much as it may exist beyond a sort of default status quo. Like many other reviewers, I found the survey section to be very weak and wish it had been more carefully edited )or edited at all). Just a lot of repetition without much insight.
I didn’t see much of myself in this book, which is something I’m familiar with and often seek out, as a person who aspires to read more diversely and is largely surrounded by LGBTQIA+ writers, podcasters, and, you know, real life friends and loved ones. But since this book SPECIFICALLY was supposedly addressed to me, it was a little weird, but a huge relief given the context.
The description of the problem was very thorough, but not particularly new to this usually-straight, leftist feminist, and I felt like the ending was weak since there weren’t really any solutions able to be offered. There may be straight women who find this book revelatory and I really hope it finds them, but I’m not really sure that the people who are intrigued by this book are the ones who need it most.
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This book helped me realize that while I've made a lot of progress on my queer journey, I still have a lot of comphet to unpack and unlearn especially in regards to the way I view sex. If you enjoyed the topics in this book, I recommend listening to The Rewilding Podcast! A lot of similar topics are discussed in the context of learning how civilization has affected humanity. The host is a man though, Be Warned.
Loved this book! Did a great job at explaining her point. Some say they didn’t like it at the end where it was opinion based but she is a queer women giving her scholarly take on heterosexuality. Made me really think and evaluate the heterosexual relationships I see.
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I can't even explain how much this book has affected my worldview, my understanding of what it means to be queer, and my feelings about my own desires... A truly remarkable work that interrogates the broken notions at the heart of heterosexuality.
Ties in nicely with points made in 'Straight' by Hanne Blank and 'Love, Inc.' by Laurie Essig, both of which have also been massively influential on my thinking about gender, sex, love, and feminism.
Ties in nicely with points made in 'Straight' by Hanne Blank and 'Love, Inc.' by Laurie Essig, both of which have also been massively influential on my thinking about gender, sex, love, and feminism.