Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

107 reviews

rizzykaye's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Self harm, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Deadnaming, Lesbophobia, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

rsagarin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Self harm, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Outing, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Medical content, Cursing, Eating disorder, Deadnaming, Vomit, Homophobia, and Sexual content

jennysbooked's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

A very raw memoir. My main issue was the back and forth of Elliot’s life. One minute he is talking about his time on Juno, then talking about hooking up in high school, then jumping to coming out. It was a little hard to keep track as I felt there were so many personal stories that would have made more sense chronologically. The writing and narration is well done, again very raw and emotional. Check for trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Toxic relationship

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I feel like it’s almost impossible not to give a memoir 5 stars, simply because it is someone else’s life experience, and how am I to judge that? But this one was very good. It highlights the importance of being kind to everyone, especially those in the LGBT+ community. I enjoyed hearing Elliot narrate his own audiobook because I could hear the emotions in his voice throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Outing, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Vomit, Biphobia, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Body shaming

hayleyvem's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Outing, Blood, Bullying, Stalking, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Body shaming and Alcohol

Minor: Blood

cbayen's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Transphobia

outforawalk787's review against another edition

1.25

Maybe my expectations were too high but I can't bring myself to finish the last few chapters. DNF 86%. I thought Elliott's book would be a unique and valuable perspective but it was just a nonstop mishmash of people he hooked up with, not chronological of  course so it was just a confusing, incessant sequence of 'falling in love' with anyone who ever looked at him. Honestly I couldn't tell the difference between any of them either from the descriptions so it read like bad teen Fanfiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Transphobia

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Medical content, Bullying, Body shaming, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Self harm, Alcohol, Body horror, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Abandonment

emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Bullying, Deadnaming, and Sexual content

rionstorm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

I love reading about other transmascs :) This is definitely self indulgent, but then it is a memoir so no better place i guess. 
In between the long list of his ex-partners there's some really honest and vulnerable stuff about being trans that i resonated with a lot, and that I'm glad that other people, cis and trans, will get to read. I also really liked how he explained why he was using his previous name at times, and clearly laid out that he wasn't comfortable with others doing that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Transphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Sexual assault, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Alcohol, Body shaming, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Vomit, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, Medical content, Drug use, and Pandemic/Epidemic