Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

114 reviews

arantzazureads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I have to sort out my thoughts; I highlighted a lot in here and took my time reading it to savor it, but couldn’t help myself from tearing through the last half. This is a must-read for trans allies and I also found it strangely comforting that I related to a lot of the details about childhood trauma.

 Elliot is a deeply intelligent and creative person and I am so thankful he wrote this book. It’s not in perfect chronological order and feels less burdensome because of it, a style reminiscent of following conversational stories of thought patterns that make reflective connections across time as you go. It’s an easy read but also a heavily impactful one (not an easy feat). Such a good reminder that we never know each other’s inner worlds while we live in a society designed to oppress them. I just loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

Minor: Religious bigotry

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

victoriarose12's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming and Transphobia

Minor: Eating disorder and Self harm

name_user's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical content, Stalking, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

laketwentytwo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, and Transphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement and Car accident

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Excrement, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Car accident, Outing, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

spelledlikesleigh's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

switchywitchsitch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

rayreyes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

I love EP and appreciate his vulnerability in this piece. However, the majority of the novel was challenging. Pedophelia, non consensual physical advances, parental abuse/neglect, parental abandonment/narcissism… yowza was this a potluck of triumph and pain. Not what I had in mind going into it, but I’m grateful for the read. It was really nice being able to trust his account of things so easily; he’s able to hold the good and the imperfect about himself and his choices so earnestly and mindfully compassionate that it was clear the work he’s done. Bravo for lovely people 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Outing, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic