Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

2 reviews

burdasnest's review against another edition

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

5.0

I know this memoir details the ways in which Hannah Gadsby's brain has not been historically valued, but truly no other brain could have produced this funny, subversive, relatable, trauma-dumpster-fire of a work. I truly believe their unique way of thinking has gotten at intersectional issues that have yet to be recognized academically, all while just trying to take up their proper space in the world and reduce the burden of trauma for people to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Ableism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Racism, Pedophilia, Genocide, Abortion, Addiction, and Police brutality

jainabee's review against another edition

challenging funny inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Like all things Hannah Gadsby, this is not at all a typical memoir. I like how she weaves the history of the gay liberation movement in Australia with her own story. And always the surprising twists where she suddenly draws together a bunch of images that I thought were random or unrelated. I love how her brain works!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Outing, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Transphobia, Cancer, Gaslighting, and Genocide