Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

What It Feels Like for a Girl by Paris Lees

13 reviews

mollydorward's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Hate crime, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Addiction, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Homophobia

kbweis's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

not what i was expecting, but worth the read. definitely heavy but also wrapped in humor. paris barred no holds in telling us the story of her life so far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Death, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

emilycornelius's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Fascinating insight into the challenges and absurdity of the reality of growing up trans in a socio and economically deprived northern (well midlands!) town in the early naughties, without being self pitying or depressing. It is funny, shocking, inspiring and a cultural snapshot of the moment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Death, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Cursing, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Racism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Addiction, Sexual content, and Cancer

notthatcosta's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

2.75

It sounds incredibly pedantic and shallow to harp on how the book is written in Lees' accent (at least as it was in the years in focus), but it really did dampen by enjoyment of the book. I appreciate a big swing, and the concept of writing a first-person narrative via your younger self made the book incredibly touching at points, but it also made it drag.

Saying that, the ending was incredibly powerful and did manage to choke me up. Paris Lees' story is a great one and one that ought to be told, but my basic self would have preferred it to be written differently. 

If you - unlike me - are able to get over yourself, you'll probably enjoy it a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Addiction, Bullying, Dysphoria, Excrement, Violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Cancer, Cursing, Sexual violence, Deadnaming, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

bootrat's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Terminal illness, and Violence

_jenwilbur's review

emotional funny medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Sexual content, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

franceselsie's review

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Drug use

Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia

headachefromgod's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Addiction, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Cancer

gracecooper's review

dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Transphobia, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Deadnaming

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

This is a fascinating memoir. I listened to the audiobook which I think was the best way for me to absorb the story, because it's written in a Hucknall dialect and I think I might have struggled with it on the page. However it was really immersive to listen to and Lees' narration is brilliant. It felt more like a novel because it's told from Lees' point of view at the time, rather than her looking back and reflecting on her teenage years as an adult. It finishes as she starts university but I heard her on a podcast talking about writing more memoirs which I'd definitely pick up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, and Death of parent