Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

23 reviews

beanwa's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Really enjoyable read - Nelson's writing is very beautiful. It was really interesting getting her perspective on homonormativity (capitalism etc.), queer parenthood, and her own journey with motherhood. I will say, I kind of just read through this accepting I wasn't going to retain or understand much of it lol. I find the lack of structure a bit difficult on my ADHD brain. BUT that did not make it any less enjoyable or interesting.

Especially loved her perspective of being partnered with someone who is gender non-conforming/trans/non-binary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Stalking

garynoplastie's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Stalking, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Deadnaming, and Infertility

Minor: Alcoholism

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual content, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Stalking, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Hate crime, Fatphobia, Cancer, Death of parent, and Abortion

Minor: Excrement

daria_mm's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Stalking

lilysendroff's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Combination of theory and memoir, muddies the binary of transgressive and normative through reflections on queerness, motherhood, pregnancy, and family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction and Sexism

Minor: Abortion

Frequent mentions of Buddhism, reference to a theorist who makes questionable claims about being pregnant with mixed children as a white woman, and naming their child with a Native American name are all aspects of the books that entirely fail to interrogate the role whiteness, which is both jarring and disappointing.

suspicious_salmon's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Pregnancy

Moderate: Dysphoria, Medical content, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, and Infertility

Minor: Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Excrement, Grief, Deadnaming, Addiction, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Terminal illness

wild_er_ness's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

would’ve liked more about their family/lived experience, or from the perspective of harry himself. a more collaborative piece between the author and harry might have touched me more (like the final few pages did). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Stalking

Moderate: Pedophilia and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer

skippyfitzroy's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Stalking

cryptidcas's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.5

confusing, poor structure, amazing points

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, Stalking, and Transphobia

Minor: Abortion

toastyyslut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

incredible exploration of gender in relationships and while trying to have children. made me rethink so much about motherhood and queer motherhood.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, and Vomit