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zombiezami's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Ableism, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Colonisation, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Racism, Pedophilia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Suicide, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mass/school shootings
Groomingemilywrayburn's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Medical content
danasaur's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Ableism, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Dysphoria, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Rape, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Hate crime
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Addiction, Drug use, and Pedophilia
jessicasonley's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault, Bullying, Medical content, Abortion, Sexual violence, Rape, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Mental illness
teatunesandtales's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape and Ableism
Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Abortion, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia
thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, and Rape
erebus53's review against another edition
5.0
Nanette and the story of the creation thereof, is an exercise (exorcise) in trauma, in violence and exclusion meted out upon a Neurodivergent (in her case Autistic ADHD) lesbian woman from Tasmania (in Australia). There is profanity and no holds barred descriptions of medicalised womanhood, sexual assault, rape, bad dad jokes, and physical violence. The whole thing is designed to be in your face, because too may people just don't engage with the things that happen to you if you are underprivileged.
As a result this book is full of jabs at cis-het-white-men.. but that is because it's less problematic to "punch up" than down. Gadsby is deliberately seeking to subvert the form of comedy, to parody the man-and-the-mic standup look, and to kick the audience in the gut with a bit of a wakeup call.
Yes of course I am biased. I'm also a vagina wielding Autistic f*** up. I know how it is. Life doesn't ever really stop breaking you, but you do tend to learn survival skills along the way. I own my privilege.. there are plenty of things that I have going for me that mean that people take me seriously. I'm not brown, I spell conventionally.. I can define conventionally.. my parents were both together in their own home before my mother died and I inherited enough to buy my own mortgage (lucky me!) So yes, I am biased in my opinion of this book, but I like to think that it's because I am the target audience. I see my like, in Hannah Gadsby. She's about my age, also brought up in the Antipodes, and she wrote this book for the brethren and sistren who have also dealt with being othered for their sex, gender, presentation, sexual orientation, neurotype, sensitivities, and benign differences.
Bloody good book.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Blood, Dysphoria, Ableism, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Rape
jnlundy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Biphobia, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Colonisation, and Death
melissacushman's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Classism, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Fatphobia
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Abortion, Colonisation, Car accident, and Medical content
achingallover's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Dysphoria, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault