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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
funny
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Some chapters were brilliant and engaging. I found myself talking about them often. Other chapters dragged and got me stuck for a month or more. How long it took me to finish this one says more about my appetite for non-fiction (or lack there of) than anything else. Can see why other people love it.
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
informative
slow-paced
Read for Queer Your Year 2024 - Queer History
I’m not sure how it’s possible to make a book about queer villains of history boring, buttttt Bad Gays somehow manages it, much as it pains me to say it 🥲 Particularly the further back in history they went, it just did not keep me engaged. I did like the later chapters a bit more, such as Margaret Mead, Ronnie Kray and Pim Fortuyn. It was extremely interesting to see how their sexual orientation intersected with the other - terrible - aspects of their lives, from colonialism and the white gaze, to organised crime, and outright fascism. The writers acknowledge their white gay cis identities, and this is definitely reflected in their choice of subjects (though tbf this might actually be representative of the historical baddies lol).
Also the narrator?? He didn’t sound at all interested in the subject, and the delivery of the occasional campy one liners was bloody awful.
Haven’t listened to the podcast, but I can see this being a vastly more interesting, short podcast ep than a full book.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
informative
slow-paced
this one really disappointed me.
first of all, i felt it was overwritten and not engaging, i don't think non-fiction necessarily needs to be flashy or exciting, but this was often boring, which was surprising given the potential for the book's concept.
second, they should have just written a book about white cis gay men, their half-hearted effort at inclusion (one woman and one asian man) felt like they were checking a box on inclusive history rather than actually caring to delve into it.
third, the lack of interactive analysis in this book was genuinely shocking to me. this book talked about several nazis, but primarily in isolation and feel flat in delivering a consistent discussion of the presence of white gay men in nazi circles.
i certainly learned a lot of facts, but i don't think this book really achieved the goals it set for itself.
first of all, i felt it was overwritten and not engaging, i don't think non-fiction necessarily needs to be flashy or exciting, but this was often boring, which was surprising given the potential for the book's concept.
second, they should have just written a book about white cis gay men, their half-hearted effort at inclusion (one woman and one asian man) felt like they were checking a box on inclusive history rather than actually caring to delve into it.
third, the lack of interactive analysis in this book was genuinely shocking to me. this book talked about several nazis, but primarily in isolation and feel flat in delivering a consistent discussion of the presence of white gay men in nazi circles.
i certainly learned a lot of facts, but i don't think this book really achieved the goals it set for itself.
Largely just got a bit bored. I was enjoying in the beginning but just got bored reading it.
informative
medium-paced
Very interesting and very readable. It turns out the only thing older than bottom shaming is antisemitism.