Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

14 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

This was a difficult one to read.  I think if there is an audiobook version it might work better that way since it is written very much in the style that the author does comedy, so it can be very jarring with regular changes in font and abrupt asides.

Overall, it was interesting to read someone’s experience with mental health treatment, but it was made very obvious that it was from a privileged perspective.  Some of the advice given was offensive at best and dangerous at worst (joining a cult, while on brand for the book is not a good idea for the majority).

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

ciaomara's review

dark funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Forced institutionalization

devynreadsnovels's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Fatphobia, Medical content, Self harm, Drug use, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Abortion, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

pimaz's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness