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A really lovely introduction to and overview of bisexuality. I think it’s broad enough in scope but also deep enough to get into detail. It’s read really well by the author on audiobook. My only complaint is the random excerpts by other narrators who seemed very out of place
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Read Harder challenge 2023: Read a nonfiction book about BIPOC and/or queer history.
A concise and informative read on a complex subject about which there are a wealth of misconceptions and prejudices prevalent in public discourse, to the detriment not only of bisexual people, but people of all sexualities and genders. I was struck as I read this book by a number of those neuron-firing-lightbulb moments where I thought "I've never even considered that before!". Indeed, some of the reasons why a revelation of somebody's bisexuality can be fraught with specific types of discrimination, misunderstanding, and, to a greater extent than other sexualities, disbelief, is eye-opening.
Julia Shaw goes into great detail about subjects such as "the big bi closet", slut discourse, performative femininity, intersectionality, hypermasculinity and threesomes. She teases in her introduction about "the sexiest chapter of this book" regarding threesomes, but even in the midst of this discussion, she makes some fascinating and compelling conclusions about the nature of human behaviour and our multifaceted capacity for attraction and love.
All in all, this was yet another example of a book outside my usual reading preferences that has expanded my little sphere of experience, and enhanced my knowledge, understanding and compassion for my fellow humans. Good value for money, that.
A concise and informative read on a complex subject about which there are a wealth of misconceptions and prejudices prevalent in public discourse, to the detriment not only of bisexual people, but people of all sexualities and genders. I was struck as I read this book by a number of those neuron-firing-lightbulb moments where I thought "I've never even considered that before!". Indeed, some of the reasons why a revelation of somebody's bisexuality can be fraught with specific types of discrimination, misunderstanding, and, to a greater extent than other sexualities, disbelief, is eye-opening.
Julia Shaw goes into great detail about subjects such as "the big bi closet", slut discourse, performative femininity, intersectionality, hypermasculinity and threesomes. She teases in her introduction about "the sexiest chapter of this book" regarding threesomes, but even in the midst of this discussion, she makes some fascinating and compelling conclusions about the nature of human behaviour and our multifaceted capacity for attraction and love.
All in all, this was yet another example of a book outside my usual reading preferences that has expanded my little sphere of experience, and enhanced my knowledge, understanding and compassion for my fellow humans. Good value for money, that.
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