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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
Groomingrhiannonhoward's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Addiction, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Abortion, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Misogyny, Fatphobia, and Alcoholism
sighclopss's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia
Moderate: Abortion, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Suicide
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
melchncookies's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Body shaming, and Bullying
Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Violence
Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Addiction, Drug use, and Sexual assault
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
pantherguin's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Sexism, Child abuse, Racism, Abortion, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, and Medical trauma
beccajreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Drug use, Homophobia, and Rape
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
ce_read's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Body shaming
Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Cancer, and Misogyny
Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Suicide, Abortion, Mass/school shootings, and Dysphoria