Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

64 reviews

monicaa_d's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense

4.5

A really informative look into the author's journey to creating a not-comedy show that challenged it's audience in myriad ways. The book expands on Hannah's life and the many barriers, both internally and externally, that she had to break through in order to complete Nannette, as well as the trauma and healing that the show brought her, and to an extent, her audience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

Moderate: Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, and Rape

team_mosaic's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Homophobia, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Pedophilia

psitstorrie's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

This book was extremely healing for me. It’s dark and messed up, but the way they tell their story is unlike any other book I’ve read. There are hard parts but the humor is balanced so well that it never is too much. If you are neurodivergent or queer, this book will make you feel seen and loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Violence

nosmallthing's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Homophobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

aecatec's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny

5.0

I haven’t been reading memoirs for long, but I think anything further I read will have a hard time living up to this one. Even if I often felt like Hannah was speaking from inside my own brain, speaking about struggles I have never verbalized, that was almost secondary to the honesty and complexity of their story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, and Homophobia

mads_jpg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

3.75

Bloody funny and emotional but also bloody long. I genuinely really enjoyed it but I do wish some parts were edited down just a liiiittle bit more, but I can see with a story this personal it must've been hard to cut it down. If you liked Nanette then you'll obviously like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Minor: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

biscuithead's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Haven't looked into all the Pablo Picasso stuff but the "feedback" I read on it reinforces my opinion that most people would rather dog pile on someone for laughs or to signal that they're "smart" and "hip" and "cool" instead of having a single nuanced brain cell. If you didn't like whatever Hannah was saying with the Picasso exhibit just say that and move on, or just don't say anything at all! I'm tired of cruel takes. Anyways this was a good memoir and I'd read another one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Homophobia, Hate crime, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, and Classism

raisinreads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring

3.75

Took me a bit to get into, but i did enjoy it; i love Hannah and hope she's doing well :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, and Rape