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charmpoint 's review for:
Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else
by Kayla Kaszyca, Sarah Costello
Pretty easy and basic but fine for what it is. It wasn't an eye opener for me but it might be an easy baby wheels intro for questioning people, baby aces and any friends or family that are just trying to understand what is going on. The jkr mentions in comments worried me but as far as i can remember they are contained in two instances.
1. Brief mention while explaining how one of the authors met her then partner.
2. (And a bit more edge case) At the very end of the book in the media section, as one of the examples when the authors were discussing viewing media critically and our opinions on media changing as we grow and our understanding of the world expands. The passage basically says that just because we know better now doesnt negate anything positive we may have gained from said media when we were younger. The passage mentions harry potter as an example in like one line. Then it adds homophobic jokes in otherwise funny sitcoms as another example. The entire rest of the section is just talking about media in general.
Harry potter is never discussed in depth and the chapter on gender plainly shows that the authors dont share any of jkrs views. Im as tired of harry potter refrences as the next queer but i dont really think this is something to doom a whole book over. I dont think that saying 'harry potter was an important part of some peoples lives in the past' or 'harry potter had a positive impact on some people' is untrue and while obviously talking about how one should figure out their own reletionship with problematic media leaves a bad taste in ones mouth when previous examples include an author that is causing active harm, that too isnt an untrue or really controversial concept in general.
I dont know the authors, i havent listend to their podcasts, i dont know if they do actually support jkr, but from purely book standpoint i found the mentions distasteful and annoying but not really harmful. Just wanted to put in the full context for anyone looking for it.
1. Brief mention while explaining how one of the authors met her then partner.
2. (And a bit more edge case) At the very end of the book in the media section, as one of the examples when the authors were discussing viewing media critically and our opinions on media changing as we grow and our understanding of the world expands. The passage basically says that just because we know better now doesnt negate anything positive we may have gained from said media when we were younger. The passage mentions harry potter as an example in like one line. Then it adds homophobic jokes in otherwise funny sitcoms as another example. The entire rest of the section is just talking about media in general.
Harry potter is never discussed in depth and the chapter on gender plainly shows that the authors dont share any of jkrs views. Im as tired of harry potter refrences as the next queer but i dont really think this is something to doom a whole book over. I dont think that saying 'harry potter was an important part of some peoples lives in the past' or 'harry potter had a positive impact on some people' is untrue and while obviously talking about how one should figure out their own reletionship with problematic media leaves a bad taste in ones mouth when previous examples include an author that is causing active harm, that too isnt an untrue or really controversial concept in general.
I dont know the authors, i havent listend to their podcasts, i dont know if they do actually support jkr, but from purely book standpoint i found the mentions distasteful and annoying but not really harmful. Just wanted to put in the full context for anyone looking for it.