Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

51 reviews

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, Ableism, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

Additional CWs: descriptions of chronic pain, medical trauma and medical discrimination (one essay); one essay has a vivid description of child molestation

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Cursing, Miscarriage, Grief, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Death, Medical content, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Cancer

bryelle's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Such a fun mix of short essays about being queer and horror movies. It is so fun to look at these movies through a queer lens and how they had an affect on different people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Ableism, and Biphobia

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Sexual violence

booksbeyondthebinary's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

As a queer person who loves horror, this collection of essays felt made for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Ableism, and Dysphoria

Minor: Pregnancy and Pedophilia

toffishay's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

An awesome collection. I learned a lot and felt a lot with all of these essays. As someone who isn't big on horror, I've come out on the other side with a new appreciation and a new lens. I enjoyed all of the essays, but my favorites were "Both Ways" by Carmen Maria Machado, "Indescribable" by Carrow Narby, and "The Trail of His Flames" by Tucker Lieberman.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Ableism, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Medical content, Outing, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Excrement, Murder, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

pang's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Transphobia, and Homophobia

goldenjunegem's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Homophobia

chilivanilli28's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Homophobia, and Transphobia

j_squaredd's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

3.25

As with all collections by multiple authors, some of these essays were great and some less so. I especially liked the ones over Jennifer’s Body, The Blob, Get Out, Grace, and Candy Man.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Racism, Transphobia, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Child death, Homophobia, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Death, and Gore

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Pregnancy, Body horror, and Ableism

Moderate: Medical trauma, Gore, Abandonment, Murder, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Mental illness