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Hillbilly Queer: A Memoir by J. R. Jamison
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
2.25
I was really excited to get into this book. As someone who had to grow up as an LGBTQ+ person in the south, in well "hillbilly country", I thought I would have a really big connection with it. Unfortunately, it was not like that.
At first the references to Trump were just like part of the period. The references were about the time period just before the 2016 elections. However, as the book continued the references became more prevalent. The author complained about people constantly calling him a Trumper sympathizer, and I can really understand where they were coming from. From the way the work was written, I felt as though I was constantly being pushed to try to understand the "other side", and was made to feel like I was in the wrong for not agreeing with someone and a political side that would rather me dead or worse.
I understand that not all conservative leaning individuals hold the same extreme beliefs that most do, but at this period, I and others can't afford to attempt reasoning with many conservatives. While not all are unsafe we don't all have the privilege of taking the chance on who this safe people are.
I hope everyone please notes content and trigger warnings from other reviewers as there are not many preceding the book, and non for the audio.
At first the references to Trump were just like part of the period. The references were about the time period just before the 2016 elections. However, as the book continued the references became more prevalent. The author complained about people constantly calling him a Trumper sympathizer, and I can really understand where they were coming from. From the way the work was written, I felt as though I was constantly being pushed to try to understand the "other side", and was made to feel like I was in the wrong for not agreeing with someone and a political side that would rather me dead or worse.
I understand that not all conservative leaning individuals hold the same extreme beliefs that most do, but at this period, I and others can't afford to attempt reasoning with many conservatives. While not all are unsafe we don't all have the privilege of taking the chance on who this safe people are.
I hope everyone please notes content and trigger warnings from other reviewers as there are not many preceding the book, and non for the audio.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Outing, Bullying, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Biphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Racism, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Sexual assault