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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
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
shortstackz's review against another edition
5.0
It's a story told honestly and gives context to the world around itself. I love how they contextualize Tasmania and the political climate of Australia in reference to their own journey through developing as an undiagnosed neurodivergent human. Hannah put forth the effort of acknowledging where their own privilege lies, and unapologetically says "please see the affected group for more on that". At it's heart, ten steps to Nanette is the directors cut of the Netflix special Nanette. The audiobook is definitely worth it on this one
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
pannamarchewka's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Homophobia, Dysphoria, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Rape, and Violence
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
sarahelem's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Colonisation, Classism, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Violence
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Cancer, Excrement, Outing, Abortion, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma
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
kadtide's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Medical content, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Classism, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape
Minor: Abortion, Suicide, Bullying, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders
ankelsocks's review against another edition
5.0
I'm quite blown away by this book. The biggest chunk of it reads(listens) like an autobiography, detailing Hannah's life as a child in a tiny Tasmanian town to where she gains traction as a comedic artist. The last half is a detailed description of how she sculpted Nanette out of her trauma's. Red threads through the story are Hannah's autism, her relationship with her mother, her sexual- and gender identity and her (in)ability to interact with the world around her. The first half has its slow parts, but is generally really helping to gain insight in what made Hannah Gadsby who she is. She is witty, self -deprecating, but also critical and angry, especially when she mentions the political tensions surrounding homosexuality in Australia during her growing up. I listened to the audiobook, which I'd generally really recommend, since it's read by Hannah herself, telling you her story.
However much I loved this book, it was also incredibly triggering. Perhaps it was the added layer of hearing Hannah Gadsby read/tell the book herself, but the book is full to the brim with heavy topics. Suffering from mental illness myself, this book triggered anxiety attacks in me. I often listened to while cycling, and sometimes had to stop because the book made me too anxious or sad.
If you can find a way to deal with that though, please read(or better: listen to) this book.
Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Physical abuse