Quick and Easy Guide to Consent - The Library of the Uncommons

Paperback, 80 pages

English language

Published Jan. 3, 2020 by Oni Press, Incorporated.

ISBN:: 978-1-62010-794-2
OCLC Number:: 1139765059

A quick, easy and important educational illustrated guide to giving and receiving consent in sex, relationships, and other physical contact.

How do you tell someone you want to do stuff with them? How do you ask if they want to do stuff with you? How do you know what stuff you want to do with each other? Enter: Sargeant Yes Means Yes from the Consent Cavalry, a beacon of clarity in a fuzzy minefield of questions. Sarge drops in on a diverse range of folks deciding whether to engage in sexual activity in this short and fun comic guide to communicating what you want, don't want, and how you want it!

With wit and charm, Sarge also includes tips on what affirmative consent looks like, advocating for what you want, and setting boundaries that honor your comfort and safety. The result is a positive resource illustrating how easy …

A quick, easy and important educational illustrated guide to giving and receiving consent in sex, relationships, and other physical contact.

How do you tell someone you want to do stuff with them? How do you ask if they want to do stuff with you? How do you know what stuff you want to do with each other? Enter: Sargeant Yes Means Yes from the Consent Cavalry, a beacon of clarity in a fuzzy minefield of questions. Sarge drops in on a diverse range of folks deciding whether to engage in sexual activity in this short and fun comic guide to communicating what you want, don't want, and how you want it!

With wit and charm, Sarge also includes tips on what affirmative consent looks like, advocating for what you want, and setting boundaries that honor your comfort and safety. The result is a positive resource illustrating how easy it really is to respect each other’s bodies and desires.

Part of the acclaimed QUICK & EASY GUIDE series from Limerence Press.

1 edition

Literally Graphic reviewed Quick and Easy Guide to Consent by Luke Howard (Quick & Easy Guides)

Review of 'Quick and Easy Guide to Consent' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Note: I did receive this book as an eARC via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.

As far as warnings go, besides frank talk about sex there is only one page in the consent book that involves a diagram of disembodied body parts that might be involved in different kinds of sex. As a series for young people potentially just discovering sexuality and gender, everything is pretty light and fluffy (especially visually) while still covering a lot of nuance. Thing are covered in a way that strips down a lot of the intensity, stigma, and fear often tied into puberty.

About sex, rather then necessarily sexuality, this book did include a lot of diverse representation when it came to different kinds of gender (across the spectrum), sexuality, and race. I would have been interested in more body diversity and disability representation, but there was some of each, and disability …

Note: I did receive this book as an eARC via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.

As far as warnings go, besides frank talk about sex there is only one page in the consent book that involves a diagram of disembodied body parts that might be involved in different kinds of sex. As a series for young people potentially just discovering sexuality and gender, everything is pretty light and fluffy (especially visually) while still covering a lot of nuance. Thing are covered in a way that strips down a lot of the intensity, stigma, and fear often tied into puberty.

About sex, rather then necessarily sexuality, this book did include a lot of diverse representation when it came to different kinds of gender (across the spectrum), sexuality, and race. I would have been interested in more body diversity and disability representation, but there was some of each, and disability and sexuality is the focus of another whole book in the series so hopefully things will feel more balanced overall.

Short, this book still managed to be very thorough. We cover not only what could be seen as the basics of consent, but also cover issues like what is sex, how to frame consent positively, intoxication, manipulation, age of consent, kinks, and informed consent. There's also a short section on dealing with rejection, an extensive bibliography to find out more, and a worksheet to help all of us figure out what sorts of things we consent to or not.