a lesbian reads straight romance books and is now traumatised
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- čas přidán 26. 03. 2023
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I need to have words with whoever recommended you Colleen Hoover because omg her books are horrendous, they're all just incredibly misogynistic and toxic that I'm genuinely baffled at how she's become so successful.
I'm genuinely concerned about straight women if they're lapping her books up like this, the amount of 5 star reviews on November 9 makes me feel sick to my stomach
@@storieswithgeorgiamarie3668 For real! And the fact that her stuff is somehow a TikTok sensation makes me very worried for young girls
Not only that but they seem so popular with young women! My niece is 15 and mentioned the books as she’d seen them on TikTok!
@@_.mxggxn._ That's so concerning, I hope to God that she's aware of how harmful her work is.
@@stroodledoodles Exactly. I just hope that they’ll stop being promoted as much now the positive reviews are starting to be drowned out.
this is so accurate. What even IS an 8 pack? Like, I like that someone is in shape, but like. . . can go on hikes with me, is generally healthy. perfect abs would be completely wasted on me at best, just make me insecure about my own body at worst (Also so sick of Colleen hoover)
An 8 pack is what happens when you are very lucky Genetically, Where they have a rectus abdomis with four intersections instead of three.
It's all genetic. Like curling your tongue or wiggling your ears.
I don’t know if it’s just a volume thing, that there are so many more straight romances that there are bound to be way more rubbish ones, or that the bar is higher for queer fiction, but I can’t think of a straight romance I’ve read that I enjoy as much as ones like One Last Stop and Red, White and Royal Blue (or maybe I just worship Casey McQuiston 🤔)
CASEY MCQUISTON SUPREMECY
Your rant about Colleen Hoover made my life hahah
I stand by it 😌
Imagine you're blindfolded and you're getting the best pawn star grade head in the entire known universe, the catch is however you'll never figure out who's giving you that God tier schmoozome sloppy toppy unless you take the blindfold off. It could be anybody, Gabe Newell, Ben Shapiro, your uncles neighbors fireman's cat. Now there's the question; do you risk seeing the person or thing behind that stupendous Jimmy nibbler is and scar yourself for life, or leave it on and continue having your knob slobbed till your soul hits the sky?
I am a asexual biromantic woman and love Emily Henry’s books. I couldn’t get into love hypothesis and I can’t stand Colleen Hoover’s books like I livid after it ends with us.
Thanks for taking one for the team Georgia! I have vowed to myself that I will never read a Colleen Hoover book, your review has further confirmed that for me! I would still love to see your full review on it though x
p.s I'm a bisexual woman married to a man and I have never understood the abs thing! I personally don't find them a attractive trait myself & I always thought they were more of a male gaze thing too!
Dear Georgia, being a straight woman I didn’t think I would enjoy this video but I absolutely loved it! Really loved it! Thank you xxxxxxx
Can always rely on you for support Marlene, thank you!!
Same
I’ll say it every time:
I learned about periods, certain disabilities, consent, amab/afab anatomy, different pronouns, and how people generally feel pleasure through online fanfic; specifically queer platonic/romantic pairings.
For fanfic there’s good and the bad, but the US south certainly doesn’t talk about most of it regardless.
How would you learn it from fanfic considering it's mostly gay porn?
the cover of You and Me on Vacation looks way too much like tampon packaging its so funny
I’m straight and if I saw a rock hard muscle bound man I might thinks he’s nice to look at but usually men like that are shallow. I like a sexy brain over muscles any day.
Oh, same. Sexy brain and if also neurodivergent like me, I am very happy.
As a cis straight guy I love lesbian romance. Most straight romance I find to be poorly written and uninteresting.
20:00 OMG, does it literally use the term "8-pack"??? That is HILARIOUS when you know that this started out as Reylo fanfic and Adam is supposed to be Adam Driver, and his whole SNL Undercover Boss sketch.
I couldn't finish November 9th. I would love to hear your full review on it!
Maybe I will do a full video, I have so many thoughts
For the talk about being ‘claimed’ that seems very much like a power dynamic kink thing. I am bi/pan so queer too but am part of the kink community. There is 100% a limit on what is ok, having not read them I can’t comment on whether they include healthy and safe kink or they are bad depictions of it and just trying to appeal to that kind of audience. It is a really hard topic to get right if you aren’t in that scene which is why it often comes across as controlling and coercive in fiction because it can seem like that on the outside but within the relationship there is real love and care and consent there. Loved the video as always 😊
Would love to see a full video on November 9! Also, unrelated but I love your crochet cardigan ❤
“I have a lot of criticisms of straight culture”
As an Asexual/aromantic, I feel you on this but I also have a lot of criticism when it comes to all romance/erotica genres, though I will give them a chance from time to time and I admit there’s been a few times (rare as it is) that I would like a romance book. Can’t wait to watch the rest of your video.
Edit: FINALLY SOMEONE ALSO AGREES THAT ADAM FROM LOVE HYPOTHESIS WAS S*XUALLY Assa*lted I WAS HELLA MAD ABOUT THAT AND THE HYPOCRISY AS WELL.
On another note, the algorithm has led me to your channel and you've gained a new subscriber! Excited to watch more of your videos.
i’m truly sorry you had to go through all that, especially the co ho one 😦 great video though ❤
Hi Georgia, I really like your video!
You mentioned that the reason the main characters hadn't talked to each other for 2 years was just miscommunication.
I found out A LOT of great stories have miscommunication as a driving force of the plot, especially when it comes to romance (Jane Eyre for example...). I think for us, people in 2024 who practice heathy communication, it might seem ridiculous, but maybe formerly developing these skills was not so common? I recently finished a book "The Time of the Hero" by Mario Vargas Llosa, and the 13 y.o. character there cannot tell a girl he liked that he had no money for bus or smth so he became a robber and then a killer
This video was hilarious!! Your rant about Colleen Hoover was spot on!!! Where is the cardigan in the thumbnail from it’s stunning!!
I love this! As a lesbian, who’s also a complete hopeless romantic, I absolutely love Emily Henry (I honestly don’t remember reading People We Meet on Vacation tho so) and Ali Hazelwood (also, all her romance novels have to do with women in stem, which I LOVE), but hated the Spanish Love Deception and loath literally anything by Colleen Hoover. Anyways, I was relating so much to literally everything you said and absolutely loved every moment of this video
Straight female here, definitely not a fan of big, hard, muscular types. Too much muscle is actually a turn off for me. Not sure exactly why. Give me an average male body, thanks. Also, crocheted clothing FTW!
I can only speak for myself but as a straight woman I'd totally agree that men are more into the rock solid muscle-y look than women are. Like my husband seems to think body builders are what he should aspire to look like and I'm like, ew no.
Ugh body builder bodies are the worst. So unnatural and can't possibly be healthy. They actually gross me out. Give me an average dad bod over that any day.
"Will the higher ups be okay with this" 😂😂😂
🤣 will they?!
I appreciate the current Rhubarb content.
also love these book videos and the taylor swift ones especially
I’ve never read November 9th but the way you described it sounds like Behind Closed doors, by B A Paris and about a very cruel, controlling, man x
Please do more of these videos!
All this is valid. I worked in libraries for a decade. Straight romance seems dull and absurd. Women are not into such characters if they were real.
Mind you some sapphic books are horribly written but it often doesn’t seem as toxic and absurd.
i don't usually watch your book reviews because i don't read books as much as i would like and it makes me feel guilty lmao BUT i needed to hear your thoughts on these ones because ive seen them being talked about all around the internet for a while and ive always been curious. im queer myself and only read fanfiction, mostly mlm and occasionally other queer pairings so i really can relate to simply Not Getting het romance lmao. however being bi and not sapphic (im non-binary and transmasc) i feel like i might have a different perspective to these than you do? like for example some.of the things you found revolting and not attractive i found the opposite because im attracted to men ahah. also it might be because of my "fanfiction background" but i don't have so much of an issue with "unrealistic" sex. i don't mind a bit of suspension of disbelief to make a scene particularly incredible even if it's very rare things happen like that irl. like the coming from hearing your bf saying i love you thing? i don't think it's that unrealistic! might not be the most common thing but it's not impossible to be tipped over the edge from your lover's voice, imo. but those things are mostly a matter of personal tastes and perspectives! in any case i loved this video, very entertaining and very informative. also! the love hypothesis was actually a reylo (rey/kylo ren) fanfic originally, that's why adam reminds you of kylo ahah (played by adam driver, too)
Im amazed that coleen hoover is so popular with the tiktok crowd because i just remember my mom used to read her books
And my mom is in her 60s
I haven't started watching yet, but Georgia why did you do this to yourself? hahahaha
Altho, if you want to try this again with actually good romances, try reading The Brown Sisters series by Talia Hibbert!
I have seen lots of people talking about them actually, maybe I'll give them a go when I'm over this trauma
Georgia, would you ever make a video about your lesbian awakening and your experiences with men vs with women or is it too much to ask?😅
To answer your question about male bodies, im bi so a bit biased on the queer side but I have never understood hype over big an muscular men. I love soft men that are comfy to cuddle with. Maybe with a bit of hand muscles.
"after this i'm never reading any colleen hoover book ever again" me watching this in small screen with video recommendation of you reading straight romance books again with ugly love on its thumbnail next to this
the comment about milking in the spanish love deception made me laugh out loud omg
I think reading any kind of book you’re not interested in must be difficult. I know what I like to read and it’s not romance! I’m straight but I’m also 54. I know romance is just a fairly tail we tell ourselves when we are younger. Love isn’t actually like that.
I would love to hear your full review of November 9th by Colleen Hoover xx
NOT attracted to a hard body! Love your crocheted top. Tami
I love your cardigan btw
I read Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation (same book different name). I agree with your review. It wasn't bad in the aspect that there were no red flags and toxic relationships. It was just boring and unmemorable. Also thought it lacked chemistry.
I've heard enough about the other books to avoid them. I just know it's not what I'm interested in reading.
There are some good straight romances out there. I liked Seven Days in June.
I love love love this review!! Your thoughts on it are so funny, do you have any wlw book recs?
my whole channel is FULL of wlw book recs if you wanna have a browse, but off the top of my head: Delilah Green Doesn't Care, Those Who Wait, Our Wives Under The Sea and A Scatter of Light!
i am a straight guy and the ick i get from reading straight romance is insane. too detailed👁️👃🏻👁️
It makes me so relieved that you’re a lesbian like I’ve always loved your channel(s) but that’s sooo #real of you. (from a fellow lesbian :)
Me waiting for her to read November 9 🫣
re: Love Hypothesis I am also gay and i really enjoyed it EXCEPT for the sex scene (how is it good, they struggled to communicate the entire time and she compares his dick to giving birth and talks about how he can fit an entire boob in his mouth lol). also I'm pretty sure Olive is demisexual (which ace-spec but not asexual) and Malcolm is bi.
I LITERALLY just snorted with laughter and I may or may not be in public. At the quote of the first book seggs scene OMG 😂
Ok but who the hell recommended those books to you?!?!? Colleen Hoover? Her books are infamous for being shit, aren’t they?
Also I don’t think I’ve ever heard you say the f word before hahaha really speaks to the video topic 🤣
Regarding 8-packs and what do I (bi) find hot about a man - height is a biggie, not gonna lie. I wish it wasn’t, it’s so lame. But height and strong arms are nice ,but other than that I’m very much a dad bod fan myself (might be my age too?)
((Gosh I really hope creators can’t see my edit history, as I am just embarrassing as heck regarding that 😅))
if you're into light fantasy at all, i'd highly recommend These Violent Delights!
I’m not much of a fantasy gal, I’ve had three on my shelf for ages but can’t bring myself to pick them up!
@@storieswithgeorgiamarie3668 oooh which ones are they?
Thank you for not saying that the 🌞 shines out of CoHos 🍑
I'm so sick of seeing people on booksta that her books are amazing and so influential, that they're bringing up these taboo topics for people to gain an understanding. NO, THEY AREN'T!
Not a single book of hers has been published with that in mind imo. No trigger warnings or anything on the books which to me insinuates that they are purely for entertainment purposes an plus the issues you've raised about Nov 9 is just wrong.
While I’m not the target audience of this video, I still agree so much with some points! I hate hate hate cheesy unrealistic sex scenes in books. We all know sex isn’t always perfect and hate when books try to be real and then throw it with a sex scene like that.
Colleen Hoover is really bad at sex scenes lol she thinks that by making them VERY explicit, it turns into a good scene lol im talking about Verity btw made me so uncomfortable i would just skip the 10 page sex scene lmfaoo
me after reading the second half of love, theoretically
It might be the fact that I dont like romance, might be the fact that I'm misogynistic according to a lot of Colleen defenders, but yeeeeah Colleen's books are just... no
Thats coming from a straight guy who can see the worth in romance but can also tell when something is written horribly as a general piece of literature
I love the friends to lovers trope but that Emily Henry book had zero chemistry :(
The Love Hypothesis really is very good. If I reread it I will be skipping over the parts about his asshole friend though. Like, it takes so long for that to be over with. Girl, there is no moral dilemma here, there is nothing to agonize over, just tell him already.
It’s different for everyone, but if the book is well-written, I think anyone should enjoy it, regardless of orientation. I’m aro-ace, and enjoy lots of queer and straight romance novels. Also, I’d argue that The Love Hypothesis isn’t a completely straight romance, because of the asexuality, and I suppose Olive could be read as demiromantic as well.
I haven’t read Colleen Hoover books so this is a genuine question… are her books intended to highlight toxic relationships? If they are that could be an interesting and informative angle x
I think It Ends With Us definitely is but November 9 isn't - it's framed as an actual romance 🤢
40:41 I spy a Taylor reference 😉
Omg I fucking love you😂 You're so funny and of course stunning❤
🤣 thank you!
These books sound...*great*.... 🙃 Thank you for suffering through, I'll stick to queer romance!!
I think that's for the best tbh
Yes I like hard body men and I am straight woman
As a straight woman I can tell you: I can't stand straight romance books. I hate the misogynistic views and outdated tropes that they use. I hate the miscommunication or - even worse - non-existent communication of these couples and the sex scences are cringy af. The bar is in hell.
I HATED the love hypothesis. It was the worst.
Is Colleen Hoover a pen name for a man? Her books just give those vibes...
Ew, why would you do that to yourself?
I’m straight - l these books make me feel sick!
Some romance books are pretty traumatising, and not just Colleen Hoover books.
I love me some Colleen Hoover slander, still not over the It Ends with Us colouring book 🤮
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cray cray
I keep forgetting this is a review of straight romance books, because these books sound so dull that I can't even think about them. My brain disregards their existence to protect me from the boredom.
I like a big bulky upper body x
Men slightly disgust you? Good. And thats coming from me, who is a cis male.