Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

54 reviews

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

gumptionreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I need to buy a physical copy and annotate so much, I’ve never felt so seen and represented, especially when Hannah discusses her neurodiversity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Medical trauma

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

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

erebus53's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This is a book I find it really hard to review. For starters If you don't know who Hannah Gadsby is, you probably ought to see the Netflix version of Nanette first. It provides a lot of context that you would probably gain insight from. I'm really grateful that this version of the book is narrated by the author. I think it would lose a lot of its oomph if someone else was narrating it for her.. it just wouldn't fit.

Nanette and the story of the creation thereof, is an exercise (exorcise) in trauma, in violence and exclusion meted out upon a Neurodivergent (in her case Autistic ADHD) lesbian woman from Tasmania (in Australia). There is profanity and no holds barred descriptions of medicalised womanhood, sexual assault, rape, bad dad jokes, and physical violence. The whole thing is designed to be in your face, because too may people just don't engage with the things that happen to you if you are underprivileged. 

As a result this book is full of jabs at cis-het-white-men.. but that is because it's less problematic to "punch up" than down. Gadsby is deliberately seeking to subvert the form of comedy, to parody the man-and-the-mic standup look, and to kick the audience in the gut with a bit of a wakeup call.

Yes of course I am biased. I'm also a vagina wielding Autistic f*** up. I know how it is.  Life doesn't ever really stop breaking you, but you do tend to learn survival skills along the way. I own my privilege.. there are plenty of things that I have going for me that mean that people take me seriously. I'm not brown, I spell conventionally.. I can define conventionally.. my parents were both together in their own home before my mother died and I inherited enough to buy my own mortgage (lucky me!) So yes, I am biased in my opinion of this book, but I like to think that it's because I am the target audience. I see my like, in Hannah Gadsby. She's about my age, also brought up in the Antipodes, and she wrote this book for the brethren and sistren who have also dealt with being othered for their sex, gender, presentation, sexual orientation, neurotype, sensitivities, and benign differences.

Bloody good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Blood, Dysphoria, Ableism, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Rape

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

beccajreads's review against another edition

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

5.0

Listening to this book is an experience. I'd recommend it, though it's not always easy listening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Drug use, Homophobia, and Rape

sarahelem's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

What a bloody fantastic read. I loved Nanette and reading Gadsby's mémoir solidified my appreciation and love for this comedian and author (and human). The way she talks about misogyny in comedy, queer rights, and neurodiversity is poignant and provides essential content on these matters. A must read, in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Colonisation, Classism, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Cancer, Excrement, Outing, Abortion, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

carleesi's review against another edition

5.0

Five stars without question. 

Amazing. Tear jerking. Hilarious. Heart breaking. Gut punching. Beautiful.

Hannah’s reflections on neurodivergence were incredibly powerful and timely for my own struggles with executive dysfunction and learning to accept myself for how my anxious OCD brain works. 

I’m struggling to find words for just how powerful this whole book is. I felt every word deep down. Hannah is a remarkable storyteller, writer, entertainer and commentator. It is truly a gift that she chooses to share her voice with us all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Violence, Child abuse, and Ableism

demelzavandermeulen's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

When I first came across Nanette, it changed my world forever. There is a before and after in my life. When I saw this book I knew I had to read it - it did not dissapoint. A sometimes heavy read, but that is to be expected. Hannah, kudos to you

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Self harm

Minor: Body shaming