Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown

17 reviews

rorikae's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

'Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture' by Sherronda J. Brown is an insightful look at asexuality. Brown delves into different topics, bringing her own experience into a look at how heterosexual society directly harms asexual people. The book covers different topics, including asexual erasure, society's obsession with sex, and more. I found Brown's intersectional exploration incredibly insightful and easily digestible. I learned a great deal and think this should be mandatory reading. Brown does a great job of looking at different areas of society and peeling back how they harm asexual people and in the process, most people. The audiobook was great and I highly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Homophobia

bdingz's review against another edition

hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Homophobia, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Sexual violence

Extensive discussion of pornography and racial fetishization therein.

mfrisk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

This was an excellent read for those wanting to delve into the intersections of asexuality, race, gender, and a multitude of other identities which impact our lives and how we view ourselves and others. I highly recommend folks pick this up and use it as a pathway to keep learning. 

The only reason I’m knocking off a star is it can at times get to be hard to digest all the information as a vast number of topics are covered here and at times it feels more like a research paper than a book. However, I can only hope the author will continue to write and give more space to these topics in further depth. All the topics discussed are worthwhile but some could constitute their own books so it can be hard to absorb all we are learning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Ableism, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship

literarycryptid's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Colonisation, Slavery, Sexual harassment, and Acephobia/Arophobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Gave me a lot to think about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Rape, Fatphobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual violence, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery, Colonisation, and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, and Transphobia

White supremacy

lettuce_read's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Colonisation, and Lesbophobia

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, Racism, Violence, Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Colonisation, and Sexual assault