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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
DNF.
It's a challenge to read the gr choice awards winners, which may have won due to votes from people who did not read. That's what I kept thinking before I gave up, that "this one did not win on the merit of the book." The language was tedious.
It's a challenge to read the gr choice awards winners, which may have won due to votes from people who did not read. That's what I kept thinking before I gave up, that "this one did not win on the merit of the book." The language was tedious.
funny
informative
reflective
slow-paced
This was an interesting exploration into the complicated queers of history, and what their lives can tell us about how identities of queerness have shifted over the centuries - and the way that these identities have failed to include and support women, people of colour, and those who exist outside the bounds of "acceptable" queerness.
I didn't expect the tone of this to be so scholarly, and I kind of loved it. I've missed this kind of stuff from school, so it was nice to have to read a few sentences over and work to parse out the meanings. It was also fun to learn about several people I'd never heard of but totally should have - Ronnie Kray, for example - and to learn that some people I'd never thought of were actually not hetero - like Margaret Mead. I really liked the funny inserts in the midst of all the exposition; it was a good juxtaposition that managed to balance out the most obscure of the scholarly terms.
I was a bit concerned when I saw that the lineup of people discussed was mainly white men, but Miller and Lemmey discuss that and make sure to consider other marginalized identities in all of their stories, and how our understanding of homosexuality has also been indelibly shaped by colonialism, racism, and misogyny. I liked that they had an intersectional analysis, but I would have enjoyed other people being profiled too!
I knocked half a star off because I do think this one could have used a good edit; there were several typos and misused words that could have been fixed. But overall I liked the tone and the writing, and I got to learn some more about the complex queer characters from our past. I'd definitely love to learn more about Weimar Berlin, and the Kray brothers!
I didn't expect the tone of this to be so scholarly, and I kind of loved it. I've missed this kind of stuff from school, so it was nice to have to read a few sentences over and work to parse out the meanings. It was also fun to learn about several people I'd never heard of but totally should have - Ronnie Kray, for example - and to learn that some people I'd never thought of were actually not hetero - like Margaret Mead. I really liked the funny inserts in the midst of all the exposition; it was a good juxtaposition that managed to balance out the most obscure of the scholarly terms.
I was a bit concerned when I saw that the lineup of people discussed was mainly white men, but Miller and Lemmey discuss that and make sure to consider other marginalized identities in all of their stories, and how our understanding of homosexuality has also been indelibly shaped by colonialism, racism, and misogyny. I liked that they had an intersectional analysis, but I would have enjoyed other people being profiled too!
I knocked half a star off because I do think this one could have used a good edit; there were several typos and misused words that could have been fixed. But overall I liked the tone and the writing, and I got to learn some more about the complex queer characters from our past. I'd definitely love to learn more about Weimar Berlin, and the Kray brothers!
challenging
informative
reflective
I liked the mix of entries but books like this remind you just how pretentious podcasts really are.
I listened to this audiobook and it was great. It's nonfiction and I think it would be better digested by reading a chapter here and there rather than plowing through it like it's a novel. I will likely get a copy for my bookshelf.
Insightful and impactful history of complex (or outright awful) gay folks throughout time, as well as the journey the identity of “gay” took to get where it is today - specifically in ways that white gay men have co-opted the identity to make it work for them.
Some decently done history and interesting analysis (final chapter, especially), but the writing just got me. It's like an academic journal article where somebody yells "yaaaz, queen" every three pages.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Sometimes, you read something just because of its title. This was really interesting, but I did have some difficulty in figuring out just what the authors were trying to say. But it was some interesting history, and information about a few people that I did not know about.
dark
emotional
funny
informative
slow-paced