Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

119 reviews

joscelynhe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Blood, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, and Sexual content

sapphic_alpaca's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, Deadnaming, and Misogyny

pandabearshape's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Transphobia, Sexism, and Sexual content

thesesusspace's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book hit too close to home in a good way, as someone who identifies as a trans-masc non-binary person it was nice to read some of the same experiences I had/have (especially with coming out and correcting people on pronouns), it's a nice reminder that I'm not totally alone in having these experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Transphobia and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

annaofjesup's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Bullying, Dysphoria, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, and Transphobia

lennanore's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Minor: Medical trauma and Medical content

pacifickat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

I particularly admired how this story navigates conversations around consent, and considering the needs of another in a relationship the way you would want to be considered. This might mean walking away from a potential relationship because you know what the other person wants is not what you can or want to give at the time. It also means walking away when you feel uncomfortable rather than feeling obligated to engage in an interaction at your own expense. It's ok to ask for what you want and voice how you would like to be treated. Maia seems like a gentle soul, and I admired eir courage and kindness in relational and social situations in this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Medical content, Outing, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

melancholymegs's review

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Dysphoria

Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood and Vomit

laverna's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Medical trauma and Medical content

rockythefreak's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

I fell in love with the work. It made me feel like I got a deeper understanding of things my partner talks about, being nonbinary and asexual, using words that I feel like she struggles to find at times. It helped me find some words for my own feelings and experiences too. I am so grateful to this work and it's author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Medical content, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Dysphoria, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Bullying

Minor: Incest

Very brief child nudity (not sexualized). Children are depicted urinating outside. Brief but graphic images of urine and vomit and feces. As for incest, it is discussed vaguely. It is only noticable if you're familiar with the pop culture reference where the incest takes place. Details:

The incest concerns a fictional "ship" between Sam and Dean Winchester from the show Supernatural.

Pap smears are discussed

as traumatic and extremely painful, and the pain is both physical and emotional, so it's amplified.

Blood, Injury, and body horror is used at times for metaphorical effect.