Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw

15 reviews

mikaylawood's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Biphobia, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Islamophobia and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Biphobia, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Racism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

lunxchloe's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

Probably my quickest non-fiction read ever. Shaw covers bi history and culture, talks about how science tried and tries to assess sexuality somewhat objectively and sprinkles in her own experiences as a bisexual woman.
I found this to be a very affirming read, considering how often I personally stumbled upon bi erasure. This book is one I'll probably never stop recommending to friends, no matter their sexuality, gender or relationship status.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying

takarakei's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

The difference, however, is that as a bisexual person you are constantly asked Why? Why do you want these things? Why do you have sex with the people you do? How can you know this is what you really want? Are you sure? How can you be sure? What if you change your mind? I dream of a world where people stop asking bisexual people these questions and instead ask themselves these questions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Racism, and Rape

ienbdri's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Transphobia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Self harm, Outing, Mental illness, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Suicide

creativerunnings's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Rape

inkdrinkers's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

"Bisexual people need to regularly decide whether or not to come out, knowing that if they don't, they will probably be mislabeled as straight or gay."

Julia Shaw's Bi sets out to tackle the misunderstanding around the label that is tied to so many stigmas and negative connotations in our world. Bisexuality is the "invisible" sexuality, often lumped in with the rest of the LGBTQA+ umbrella, but never given spaces to breathe by itself.

I loved how this book chose to not only contextualize bisexuality, but discuss the wider issues with the world seeing sexuality as black and white or gay or straight. There are so many topics covered in this little book that made my heart happy, from discussion of open relationships as early as the 1800s to taking a real, difficult look at erasure of the bi community even though the mother of pride was bisexual.

Admittedly, my favorite section was by far and large the discussion about social identity and the way social media has changed the discussion around sexualities. I loved the small talk about parasocial relationships and how bisexual people who are visibly out are already changing the way culture views and speaks about bisexuality. This was just an overall fascinating read and I'm so glad I picked it up! I'm eagerly planning a trip to get a physical copy because I want to go through and highlight some of my favorite segments and quotes. Shaw had an incredible voice that not only conveyed serious topics but made me laugh out loud multiple times.

I would 100% recommend this read to anyone who is curious and wants to broaden their preconceived notions about sexuality! It's a wealth of information from historical impact to current discussion and I feel like is a wonderful starting point to understand viewpoints that might be different than your own.

Content Warnings: Biphobia/Homophobia/Lesbophobia (all discussed in detail, as it catalogues historical looks at the queer community), sexual violence/sexual assault/rape (mentions in regards to bisexual individuals being more likely/hate crimes), sexism (brief discussion about identities), racism (discussion about identities impacting social standing)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Racism

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Religious bigotry

siebensommer's review against another edition

hopeful informative sad

4.25

loved the combination of political, scientific, historical facts & the authors own experience & input.

favourite part for sure was the one abt clothing / styling and the meaning interpreted in one single outfit people meet me in. the struggle 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia and Outing

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Sexism

Minor: Pedophilia, War, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Sexual content

bashsbooks's review against another edition

hopeful informative slow-paced

3.75

This book is informative... to a newly bisexual person entering the community or a particularly good ally. But the advertising made me hopeful that it would be more for someone like me (someone who has been out and entrenched in the bisexual community for a long time). And while I did not feel unwelcome to this book, much of its contents were explaining things I already knew. Therefore, I recommend it as a touchstone and basic primer for bi studies.

*Also, this book treats all multisexual identities as falling 'under the bi umbrella', so if you are pan, poly, omni, etc. this book was written with you in mind, but you may not enjoy the bi-prioritization in the language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

Minor: Bullying, Sexism, Violence, Racism, Ableism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Mental illness, and Rape

All of the content warnings are discussed in an academic sense; they are not described directly in detail as if someone is experiencing them, but rather, the author goes into depth about the vulerabilities of the bisexual (and queer) community.