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Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else
by Kayla Kaszyca, Sarah Costello
informative
I listened to the audiobook of Sounds Fake but OK, an informative short book about Asexuality.
Overall, I'd say that this is an introduction to asexuality in different forms and the way it alters people's experience in the world including friendships, having children, gender identity, kink, sex and long term relationships (romantic or non-romamtic, sexual or non-sexual).
This is a brief overview and thus is a shorter read which makes it accessible. It includes a glossary as well as explanations and examples from real people throughout. This means that it is likely a good fit for people who are just learning about asexuality, figuring out their labels or people who aren't asexual and are learning more about it. It was more surface-level than I was expecting, however the author's themselves do discuss that there is more knowledge that they would need to have before being seen as an expert in the area.
It did feel more like a long podcast episode, which is not surprising as the two narrators have their own podcast together.
The biggest thing I struggled with was a HP reference and talking about the good of JKR's works 'despite her views'. Any reference to HP and JKR really would have been best edited out. JKR funding damaging anti-trans organisations and the disgusting things she says and does, which is increasing the hate and hate-crimes for our trans siblings cannot be ignored. This is worsened when you have A WHOLE SECTION about transness and how many A-specs are also under the trans umbrella. Absolutely not. Disgusting that JKR was put in a positive light.
Overall, I'd say that this is an introduction to asexuality in different forms and the way it alters people's experience in the world including friendships, having children, gender identity, kink, sex and long term relationships (romantic or non-romamtic, sexual or non-sexual).
This is a brief overview and thus is a shorter read which makes it accessible. It includes a glossary as well as explanations and examples from real people throughout. This means that it is likely a good fit for people who are just learning about asexuality, figuring out their labels or people who aren't asexual and are learning more about it. It was more surface-level than I was expecting, however the author's themselves do discuss that there is more knowledge that they would need to have before being seen as an expert in the area.
It did feel more like a long podcast episode, which is not surprising as the two narrators have their own podcast together.
The biggest thing I struggled with was a HP reference and talking about the good of JKR's works 'despite her views'. Any reference to HP and JKR really would have been best edited out. JKR funding damaging anti-trans organisations and the disgusting things she says and does, which is increasing the hate and hate-crimes for our trans siblings cannot be ignored. This is worsened when you have A WHOLE SECTION about transness and how many A-specs are also under the trans umbrella. Absolutely not. Disgusting that JKR was put in a positive light.