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grayreadsmanga's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dysphoria
Moderate: Biphobia, Transphobia, Blood, and Sexual content
Minor: Excrement and Outing
hmatt's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
4.0
I really like how the author breaks down the topics of sexuality, gender, and pronoun use by recounting eir own experiences and thoughts. And I love the comic style! Whether unintentional because of eir experiences or intentional, it's also notable that this comic steers clear of depicting major [trans/homo/bi/etc.]-phobic events, which could potentially trigger certain readers (It does depict and describe many, many minor events and traumatic dysphoric medical experiences - all of these from what I can remember are unintentional? For what that's worth?).
Big big kudos for conveying fandom/shipping/fanfiction/etc. in a positive, affirming, non-judgemental way.
I would have loved to see more explicit discussion around the author's asexuality, but maybe this could come in future works as a dedicated topic? It's mentioned here, but then there are other scenes that are very clearly ace experiences to someone educated on the topic that I think will get overlooked to an uninformed reader.
One of my favourite panels (and honestly an affirming moment, because this is a thought I constantly think) is "Would Harry Styles wear this shirt?" (p. 229).
Big big kudos for conveying fandom/shipping/fanfiction/etc. in a positive, affirming, non-judgemental way.
I would have loved to see more explicit discussion around the author's asexuality, but maybe this could come in future works as a dedicated topic? It's mentioned here, but then there are other scenes that are very clearly ace experiences to someone educated on the topic that I think will get overlooked to an uninformed reader.
One of my favourite panels (and honestly an affirming moment, because this is a thought I constantly think) is "Would Harry Styles wear this shirt?" (p. 229).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Sexual content
Moderate: Transphobia, Biphobia, and Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Blood
purplepenning's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
This was exceptional — exceptionally personal and kind and gently paced and honest. A great example of how a graphic memoir can tell a complex story (and aren't all of our truest stories complex) in a beautifully accessible way.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Excrement, Blood, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol
orlagal's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Outing, Pregnancy, and Transphobia
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