Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

26 reviews

readsforlove's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Outing and Racism

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Book trigger warnings:

deadnaming, sexually assault, HIV/AIDS mention, hate crime, incest  

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I'm not the target audience, I'm a Black Queer women in her early thirties. This book is for YA as far as I can tell, so my opinion is below even though I'm not the target audience. Read it with a grain of salt.  

I really wanted to like this a lot more than I did but I had a few issues with this memoir. There were some really good parts that I liked, like the informational bits. There were a few of things a few things I didn't like, like the weird non comparisons the author makes throughout the book. I didn't like how this book felt like the author was writing into a journal. It didn't really feel all that polished. The audiobook narration was alright but very stiff. 

The cover of this book is stunning. 

The only time the author had emotion in his voice in the audiobook was when he thanked his college friends and brothers for supporting him. Other than that his narration was very dry and flat. 

The author credits Nina Simone when mentioning the controversial song, Strange Fruit, but the original singer was Billie Holiday. This was a small thing that irritated me. 

 TW - CSW (childhood sexual assault) 

So, chapter 11 was hard to get through because he talks about being sexually assaulted as a child by one of his relatives (I can relate). He says that being assaulted helped him figure out his sexuality and I'm not sure how to articulate the way I feel about the statement, but I don't have a good feeling about it. This chapter was basically about the author forgiving his abuser and this chapter sort of felt like an argument in favor of forgiving one's abusers. I do like how at the end of the chapter he says that survivors are never obligated to forgive their abusers, but without that little section at the end saying this, it feels as if this chapter was just pushing for survivors to forgive their abusers. The abuser is definitely centered in this chapter. Also, the author felt like he was journaling about his sexual assault so be aware.

 

At one point the author dead names his deceased trans cousin, Hope. I didn't like that at all, we as readers didn't need to know Hope's deadname. In one of the earliest chapters he talks about the importance of using one's desired name. I don't understand why he didn't cover not using one's deadname. (a non comparison)  In the same chapter he says that when he was younger he found out that his family had been calling him by his middle name (Matthew) and not his first name (George). The author goes on to compare his name situation to that of trans folk who change their names and want to be referred to as their given names and not their deadnames. His name situation was not similar enough to trans people choosing new names for him to compare the two. This section was really uncomfortable because he was trying to make a connection that wasn't really there. 

In chapter 12, he mentions the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. I don't know why I thought this chapter was going to be profound, I thought maybe he had family who he lost in the attack or something. That's not what this chapter is about. It's literally about how he had a crush on a new boy at school. I don't know why he mentioned the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks and used it as a backdrop for him flirting with someone at school. The only thing the author says about the attacks is that everyone as his school was shocked the next day, (on Sept 12th) and that the day of there was chaos at his school. This was also an uncomfortable chapter because he just name drops September 11th, 2001 and it serves no purpose. 

I originally gave this a rating but I decided that a person's personal experience shouldn't be 
rated so I'm leaving my review up but I'm going to clear my rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, and Deadnaming

The author deadnames his deceased trans cousin several times. The author explains in detail being sexually assaulted by a relative. The author talks about a family member who passed away due to HIV/AIDS. The author talks about a family member who passed away due to a hate crime. Incest mention.

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Minor: Blood, Hate crime, and Police brutality

amazingmyrsky's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

lottiecanada21's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Great book on race, identity, queerness and growing up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

desidala's review

informative inspiring fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

muffhealy's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, and Incest

Moderate: Cancer

mme_carton's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Outing, and Mental illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

brookey8888's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

This was really good and I learned a lot, A lot of stuff, as a women, I didn’t realize about that needs to be talked about. It was also emotional at times. I think this is a very important story that people need to read weather it’s about learning or knowing you aren’t alone. I would look up content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Death, Deadnaming, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Violence

lacey_wi's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Incest, Police brutality, Racism, Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, Sexual content, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Rape

Minor: Deadnaming, Colonisation, and Transphobia