Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

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

10 reviews

bridge_to_narnia's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

The connection that people had to various horror movies and their sense of self was extremely interesting. I love dissecting films into different meanings, but on my own watch through I can never think of any of the hidden meanings. Seeing other people's autopsies of their favorite movie is just a real treat.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Dysphoria, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Pedophilia

obscurepages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

Can you believe I've been reading this for 7 months?! 😭😂 This started out as a Libby loan for me, and now I have a physical copy! And I've finally finished it!!

This book was so good 😭 I love watching horror, reading horror stories. I think as a genre, horror is so flexible and versatile and transcendent. 

This anthology does an amazing job of showing just how versatile and profound horror movies can be, especially when viewed in a queer lens. Reading this, I think I gained a better understanding of how horror functions and what it can serve to the viewers. I learned about gender and sexuality from personal accounts and stories from the authors. I also learned how gender, sexuality, race, religion, and geographic locations can intersect and how that unique experience can be shown in a genre like horror. And as a queer person, reading this book also gave me more insights about the relationship that the queer community has with horror—why we relate to it, why it gives a safe place, how we can shape it to tell our stories. I loved it and it just reinforced to me how horror is such an excellent genre.

There were a few of essays that seemed dull/drawling, but there were also some that were so well-written and poignant. Some essays that stood out for me are:

• Three Men on a Boat by JEN CORRIGAN (Jaws)
• The Me in the Screen by STEFFAN TRIPLETT (Us)
• Black Body Snatchers by SAMUEL AUTMAN (Get Out)
• The Healed Body by JUDE ELLISON S. DOYLE (In My Skin)

I also just wish every essay came with specific content warnings. Some of these can be really triggering. It's also why I had to stop every now and then because some essays are harder to digest and process compared to others.

Still, this was an excellent read overall. I can see myself going back to specific essays and reading them all over again.

Exact rating: 4.5 ⭐️ (Might post a detailed review on the blog!)

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Marking this book as part of my reading challenge: <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/fcf9e7dc-39a5-49e2-9f7d-a243f5073985">#ReadQueerly2024</a>.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Death, Blood, Racism, Transphobia, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Gore

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

4.0

Me 🤝🏻 lgbt+ authors

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Biphobia, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Transphobia, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Death, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Cultural appropriation

These are all minor and mentioned more in passing, I can only remember one going into more detail than I would have liked. Protect your heart when reading. 🫶🏻

thegayestghost's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Biphobia, Death, Grief, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Infertility, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Child death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Transphobia, Ableism, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual assault

atuin's review against another edition

3.5

A collection of essays connecting horror films to queer peoples personal experiences. Some are better than others, but all have interesting points and most have compelling stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Self harm, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Racism

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Forced institutionalization

ellaford's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.25

Absolutely loved this, I listened to this and the variety of voice actors was fantastic! Although I preferred some over others, and same with the chapters. 

Favourites include:

A demon girls guide to life
Imprint
Indescribable
Three men on a boat
The wolf mans daughter
Loving Annie Hayworth (fave!)
Centred and seen
Sight unseen
Bad hombre
Black body snatchers 
Long nights in the dark 
On beauty and necrosis 
The healed body 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Infertility, and Rape

Moderate: Deadnaming and Suicide attempt

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

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