Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

211 reviews

katie0528's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.25

A non-linear exploration of gender, sexuality, and identity, Elliot Page reflects on all these issues in his life, including his relationship with his body, his family, his career, and his friends and romantic partners. A heartbreaking read at points, this book is really affirming to anyone questioning their identity and reenforces that it is okay to be yourself and experiment, and that nothing, not even Hollywood careers deserve to stand in the way of someone's true, authentic happiness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

areadingstan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

karalyndawn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

I really hate reviewing biographies because how can you rate someone’s life right? And usually I give them 5 stars but unfortunately Pageboy was really difficult for me to understand. I do value Elliot’s courage and his continuous journey to become his true self however the timeline was sooo hard to follow along. I realize not every story needs to be linear but the constant jumping around without any clues to dates/times had me confused a majority of the time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

acechemicals's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Outing, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lisaloveslions's review against another edition

emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

wrensandroses's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Drug use, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mo_bookshelves's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

perth_is's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

sydneylmeyer7's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Sexual harassment

nerdydeathwitch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.0

I don't want to critique a memoir because I feel like people have different goals when writing them. I think that this was probably written as part of the author's healing journey and in that way, I hope it provided him with what he needed and will provide other people on similar journeys with what they need. I have no doubt that this could be a 4 or 5 star read for some people. It just wasn't for me, perhaps because I am in a very different place in regards to healing from trauma.  If you are someone with complex trauma who still gets actively triggered, I recommend that you check out the trigger warnings for this book before you read it and have some self care or support lined up before you start. The narrative very much showcases the experience of complex ptsd (nonlinear narrative scenes that function like emotional flashbacks, self hatred and shame woven throughout the book, bouts of dissociation, and swinging between the extremes of social isolation, limerance, and codependency) but does so without any kind of acknowledgement of cptsd. I'm not sure if that was an intentional choice but without that additional context, the story feels incomplete. (Or, at the very least, like a missed opportunity for reflection and drawing connections beyond one's self).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Stalking and Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm and Schizophrenia/Psychosis