Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

252 reviews

unicorngirl's review

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

dead naming in terms of pronouns

celtic_oracle's review

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I could hardly put this down and blew through it in 2 days (and would have been 1, if not for that pesky work thing). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Dysphoria

Minor: Vomit and Medical trauma

yleavy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

A really lovely memoir and reflection on gender identity and sexuality. I loved the family relationships.

The ending felt like it needed another beat or two; I actually thought I was missing a few pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual content, Vomit, and Medical content

penofpossibilities's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

It ended rather abrupltly, that was jarring. It felt very immersive otherwise. It was a very honest account of eir experiences. Some of the scenes were very disturbing in it's graphic depiction of undergoing a trauma on the body. That was difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Minor: Vomit

eli_drottningu's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Informativo e interesante, pero algo all over the place para mi gusto.
Me hizo pensar en cómo me gustaría criar chilpayates

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Vomit

zydecovivo's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

4.5

I've seen this book in multiple places advertised as the most banned (or one of the most banned books) since it was published. I decided I wanted to see what it was about. 

 

To start, I did not realize this was a graphic novel. That made it much easier to read and also somewhat understandable as to why some adults felt the need to ban it. Graphic novels are often confused for children's books and this is not for children. There is nudity as well as explicit mentions of sex and periods. However, this would be very helpful for teenagers and young adults also struggling with their gender identity. I think Maia does a great job of explaining how their gender has felt like a balancing act and even illustrating the more complex feelings about it, as well as the additional confusion around sexuality that comes with a fluid gender. I found the ending a bit abrupt, but I understand that, like any identity, it is forever evolving, so that is not really the end. This is simply a chronicle that Maia has published to help others understand what growing up gender queer is like and to create explicit gender queer representation in literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Blood

rosie_valadez's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Minor: Blood

brianarinaldo's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content

Moderate: Deadnaming and Vomit

chickaboogawah's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I really loved this book and hope to share it with many people. Maia clearly explains eir thoughts and choices growing up, and I hope my kids are inspired by em.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

charjungle's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood