Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

67 reviews

shirarweiss's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful heartwrenching hilarious vulnerable intimate gut punch. All the things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

emwilliams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

The last two sections about the composition of Nanette the comedy show is incredible in its structure. The previous eight sections are the context you need to appreciate what Gadsby is doing and why. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

shortstackz's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

If you are a fan of Hannah Gadsby's performances, I highly recommend this in audiobook format. They lay their life bare, looking the hardest moments of their life directly in the face while still being kind to their "villains". That being said it is not something that everyone can read, it deals with a lot of the nuance of moving through trauma after rape or the systemic oppression of being a queer person before marriage was even a possibility. Please proceed with caution.

It's a story told honestly and gives context to the world around itself. I love how they contextualize Tasmania and the political climate of Australia in reference to their own journey through developing as an undiagnosed neurodivergent human. Hannah put forth the effort of acknowledging where their own privilege lies, and unapologetically says "please see the affected group for more on that". At it's heart, ten steps to Nanette is the directors cut of the Netflix special Nanette. The audiobook is definitely worth it on this one

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

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, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia

team_mosaic's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

nosmallthing's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

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, Homophobia, and Rape

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, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Violence

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

Minor: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders