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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
I wanted to like this so much more than I did. DNF halfway through.
Overall, this book tries too hard. The attempts at humor fell flat for me because a lot of it was just unrelatable, despite the fact that I'm around the same age, seemingly with similar interests, and grew up in the same area as the author. She seems to be aware of her privilege, yet doesn't understand how to relate to others. Her musings on social justice issues such as cisgenderism, racism, and ableism read as an amalgamated regurgitation of quotes of Black feminist scholars and disability justice activists without any critical thought into how these ideas impact the author and the world around her. The endless footnotes and parenthetical statements, that are apparently supposed to add context, are very distracting and mostly serve as a virtue signal for how cool and woke she is. Overall, I just didn't get any new or interesting thoughts from this.
Overall, this book tries too hard. The attempts at humor fell flat for me because a lot of it was just unrelatable, despite the fact that I'm around the same age, seemingly with similar interests, and grew up in the same area as the author. She seems to be aware of her privilege, yet doesn't understand how to relate to others. Her musings on social justice issues such as cisgenderism, racism, and ableism read as an amalgamated regurgitation of quotes of Black feminist scholars and disability justice activists without any critical thought into how these ideas impact the author and the world around her. The endless footnotes and parenthetical statements, that are apparently supposed to add context, are very distracting and mostly serve as a virtue signal for how cool and woke she is. Overall, I just didn't get any new or interesting thoughts from this.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Sexual assault
Quitting at 25%. I was really put off by the performative writing style and the hand wringing about dating men. Jesus Christ, get on with it! I’m a millennial too and I found this cringey to the point of unbearable. (The phrase “millennial-pink” is used twice, and it was not that clever the first time). I’m showing my age in saying felt like a meandering, trying way too hard to be cute, LiveJournal post circa 2002.
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I enjoyed this compilation of essays about what it means to be bisexual, dealing with biphobia and bierasure, and remaining intersectional and checking our white privilege. While I'm not sure I learned anything new, many of the stories (especially the stories involving men and non-consensual activities, unfortunately) were very relatable. I enjoyed Jen's voice (literally, I listened to this one) and was engaged the whole time. While I am not sure I would categorize this as essential bisexual reading, I think it's an important book and I'm glad it exists.
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Is it really a choice when you don’t get to select the options you are given to begin zith?
emotional
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