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lizzie_r's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, and Homophobia
Moderate: Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Suicide attempt
sjanke2's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Outing, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
loz's review against another edition
4.75
My Autobiography examines how queerness is warped and erased in the archive. Shepland challenges the heavy burden of proof that's placed on queerness. Her rejection of rigid definitions and heteronormative frameworks is deeply affirming. If you have any interest in memoir or biography as a genre, you'll get a lot from this book - even if lesbian history specifically isn't a major draw for you. If, however, it is, I think you'll appreciate the careful attention to how we express love, especially when we don't have the language or social circumstances to fully facilitate it. There was a detail about a ring that made me tear up (page 120, I think).
I was not surprised to see Carmen Maria Machado's endorsement on the cover - In the Dream House is similarly brilliant on these topics.
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
caseythereader's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Chronic illness