Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

96 reviews

cryscries's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I loved his narrative voice and reading it felt very genuine. To me I liked the non linear story telling of Elliot’s life - I especially found it relatable with his relationship with his father and struggling with mental health as an adult. I would like to know a follow up about Elliot’s life post surgery but I felt that the book really summed up his queer journey pretty well from past to present. There was just a lot I never knew Elliot faced (behind the scenes of movie sets, dysphoria as an actor, and celebrity life) - really glad to have picked this up.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

sadpear's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I found Page's memoir very thoughtful. Before I started I would have said the only thing we had in common was being trans. This reads very earnestly as an attempt to show the hard, looping path of coming to terms with himself and his queerness. The suffocation of never being seen for himself comes through, and some of Page's experiences are pretty upsetting. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

wildbuiltrobot's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

hannahpings's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol and Pandemic/Epidemic

dananana's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Stalking, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Deadnaming, Sexism, and Blood

livlamentloathe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.25

I applaud Elliot Page for telling his story. It was dark, emotional, and simultaneously joyous for its end result. I recommend this book to anyone, queer or not. It touches on gender dysphoria and how horrid of an experience it can create. I’m glad Page came out the other end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Sexism, and Sexual violence

astralthunder's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

a deep dive into what it's like growing up trans, and being trans/queer in hollywood. deeply personal. tragic in a lot of ways, hopeful in many others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

bookcrushin's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Vomit, and Dysphoria

Giving a memoir a rating feels wrong but this one was and is very important explaining Elliot’s journey and past and just how destructive one can be to oneself due to society and familiar pressures.

lycangrrl's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Excrement, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Alcohol