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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
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Kind of meh... I don't think this book knew what it was trying to do
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im so sorry but this was very in one ear and out the other for me i wanted to love this but it was so much more history heavy than i was anticipating
challenging
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funny
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I found this one a tough read, for a few reasons. Firstly, it irritated me that the authors kept viewing the reader, in subtle ways, as a gay man. I'm an academic female, sexuality unannounced, if the subject matter is good and the genre is non-fiction, I'm interested. Which leads me to second. There's a lot of big words but I wasn't seeing the arguments and theories the language was trying to sell. The research also felt pretty scant for the page count, just not much backing up the introduction and conclusion. This also leads to three, it then didn't hold my attention, as i couldnt see the point it was making.
Now for the good points. The individuals looked at each had far more research than the core book premise, and I think this is what the authors are really interested in. I'm not sure they care if there's a point to their bad gays at the end, which is fine, but I wish I'd known right from the introduction that this was based on a podcast. Some of the information about side characters to the showcased bad gays is absolutely hilarious, fascinating, clearly written, and it's just golden gems (Donald Trump?!), but it's tucked away next to meaningless academia speak that feels shoved in. Honestly I'd rather have had a full book of the gems of information and had them stand out. Where these were on show, it reminded me of some of my favourite, weird podcasts, and I'd be happy to look it up.
Now for the good points. The individuals looked at each had far more research than the core book premise, and I think this is what the authors are really interested in. I'm not sure they care if there's a point to their bad gays at the end, which is fine, but I wish I'd known right from the introduction that this was based on a podcast. Some of the information about side characters to the showcased bad gays is absolutely hilarious, fascinating, clearly written, and it's just golden gems (Donald Trump?!), but it's tucked away next to meaningless academia speak that feels shoved in. Honestly I'd rather have had a full book of the gems of information and had them stand out. Where these were on show, it reminded me of some of my favourite, weird podcasts, and I'd be happy to look it up.
Super fascinating and drew historical connections to and the development of the concept of homosexuality and highlighted the interconnected-ness of that concept to issues of racism and xenophobia. They also had some humor that I appreciated! So interesting to read about the "bad" people that influenced the development of how we understand homosexuality! Could have used some more feminine or transgender voices because it was overtly white, western focused.
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medium-paced