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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
A window into how queerness has always been around, sometimes in unexpected places, and how being marginalised doesn't mean you can't perpetuate and even advocate for oppression, of your own group or others. At times heartening and touching, but mostly upsetting and uncomfortable (which, to be clear, is not a criticism).
informative
medium-paced
Interesting, but more a series of short bios. While there was diversity and a variety of historic points of view evaluated, it was a long listen as an audio book. I did still enjoy learning things, but so mich awfulness crammed into one book.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
slow-paced
The introduction and conclusion were thr best parts unfortunately. Didn't really live up to its potential and could use some editing and refining.
informative
slow-paced
I think I’d like the podcast more
Kind of annoyed because this book ought to have been a 5 star read for me based on the concept and thesis - that understanding queerness relies on examining both valorised queer figures and ones we'd rather forget. But the book doesn't really do that examination, providing instead potted biographies of its selected Bad Gays. And that kind of turns the book into saying nothing much more interesting than "gays can also bey racist/fascist/misogynist". Add to this run on sentences and numerous tangents (glaringly apparent when each chapter is titled after the case study Bad Gay that is its focus) and Bad Gays just didn't live up to what I felt like it promised in its introduction.
informative
medium-paced
challenging
funny
informative
slow-paced
