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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
A good read. Those folks have it rough.
More fleshed out than the JRE interview.
Twitter Paratext as a genre?
More fleshed out than the JRE interview.
Twitter Paratext as a genre?
Enjoyed this one a lot.
Great points. Well researched and written.
Debra really covers all the key aspects!
I frankly found this book eye-opening.
3.9/5
Great points. Well researched and written.
Debra really covers all the key aspects!
I frankly found this book eye-opening.
3.9/5
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
challenging
informative
medium-paced
A fascinating read concerning activism meddling in science. Science and research are important as well as exploring controversial data and findings. What a fascinating read!
I was bored with the content and I couldn’t get engaged in it.
The book feels terf-y and I researched it more and there are some flaws in the way science and anecdotes are mixed that leaves me disinterested in reading
DNFed.
Not nearly as scientific as I hoped it would be. Seemed more like a bunch of opinions that the author tried to back up with pretty inconsistent logic. Kind of seemed like a waste of time to continue reading.
Not nearly as scientific as I hoped it would be. Seemed more like a bunch of opinions that the author tried to back up with pretty inconsistent logic. Kind of seemed like a waste of time to continue reading.
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
This book is geared towards people already inclined to agree with the author or people on the fence. It provides much needed clarity so that people can begin to come to their own conclusions outside of activist rhetoric. Her arguments are given from an honest, libertarian, common-sense viewpoint and ample sources are provided. Her perspective is based on science with an eye towards fairness. I would like to see someone attack these issues in a manner that those on the opposition will accept because they operate on a different system and would be impervious to a lot of the logic presented in this book. Unfortunately I can see a lot of people being armed with the knowledge they gain in this book only to be stumped when they bring it out to a queer activist who doesn't care about science (or fairness). I think this is a great piece of work to understand the ways in which things like homosexuality and transgenderism occur. If you want to go toe-to-toe with an activist or a bureaucrat you need to be more prepared and supplement this book with at least something like Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay. I also found that Soh has that trendy, flippant way of expressing herself which is cool to a lot of people but will make her writing sound dated in a few years. Sometimes she can be funny though. It was really refreshing seeing someone as involved in feminism as she was and continues to be to some extent, be so self aware and willing to amend her positions on topics as more information became available to her.