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joeraine's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
An informative insight into the ever-evolving world of queerness, delving into the idiosyncrasies of non-heteronormative life. A study which is as emotionally and socially challenging as it is essential to understanding the intersectional human experience.
samarareads's review
5.0
A beautiful collection of essays about bisexuality. My personal favourites are: Revelation by Dany Carter, Privilege and Privation by Jo Ross-Barrett and FML: Fix My Life by Joseph Guthrie. Looking forward to getting my hands on volume 2.
mmmais's review against another edition
4.0
3.5/4 ⭐️
despite only being published in 2017, several of the essays felt rather dated to me. i had to skip through the whole essay on “fandoms” and “shipping” - this form of element is important when it comes to representation and creativity but it felt immature in comparison to some of the others.
i also wasn’t particularly fond of a whole essay that focused on lesbianism in a book about bisexuality when this essay was just a repetitive few pages of how excluded we bisexuals are from our own community.
that being said, there were some excellent essays. my favourites included:
- ‘not like that, like this’: bisexuality, sex and chronic illness
- on being black and bi-furious
- jigsaw: on bisexual representation in lgbtq+ history
- revelations: on sex, sexuality, and religion
these essays stuck with me the most as they featured important discussion points that are not nearly spoken about as much as they should be in our community. rather than being reminded of what we already know as bisexual people (films/tv erase us, some lesbians wont date us), these essays highlight further issues than just “bisexual problems”.
despite only being published in 2017, several of the essays felt rather dated to me. i had to skip through the whole essay on “fandoms” and “shipping” - this form of element is important when it comes to representation and creativity but it felt immature in comparison to some of the others.
i also wasn’t particularly fond of a whole essay that focused on lesbianism in a book about bisexuality when this essay was just a repetitive few pages of how excluded we bisexuals are from our own community.
that being said, there were some excellent essays. my favourites included:
- ‘not like that, like this’: bisexuality, sex and chronic illness
- on being black and bi-furious
- jigsaw: on bisexual representation in lgbtq+ history
- revelations: on sex, sexuality, and religion
these essays stuck with me the most as they featured important discussion points that are not nearly spoken about as much as they should be in our community. rather than being reminded of what we already know as bisexual people (films/tv erase us, some lesbians wont date us), these essays highlight further issues than just “bisexual problems”.
felicitassturm's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
4.0
Ein Büchlein voller Essays von und über Bisexuelle. Es zeigt die Vorurteile über Bisexualität auf und räumt mit ihnen auf. Die einzelnen Essays sind nicht nur sehr informativ, sie sind auch persönlich und verletzlich und teilweise intersektional.
leoniepeonie's review
4.0
Really thoughtful collection. I appreciated that all the blank pages between essays might have been about ensuring each piece had its own space and that they didn't impinge upon one another, but that left the whole book feeling a bit shorter than its chunkiness suggested it would be. It had a broad range of voices, but more femmes than otherwise and a femme illustration inside the front cover. I would've liked even more diversity but the writing was wonderful and it was still a rich, meaningful and poignant collection. I'll be getting Vol. 2.