Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Lo indispesable de Unas bollos de cuidado by Alison Bechdel

5 reviews

kappafrog's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

What a great piece of history to dive into. I felt indebted to these women (or rather, the people in the author's life they represent). It was fascinating getting insights into what feminism was like in the 80s through 00s. Also really interesting to see the events of the 21st century from a different perspective than I had as a kid growing up leftist in a conservative place. It was also depressing at times to see how little has changed.

The main issue with the collection for me was how insufferable a few of the characters were. Mo really annoyed me until Sydney came along and made her seem reasonable and well rounded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Transphobia, War, Ableism, Medical content, Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Biphobia, Cancer, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Abortion, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Cursing, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Deportation, Mass/school shootings, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Blood, Bullying, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Rape

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I've long heard chatter about Bechdel's Dykes to Watch Out For - how you can you be in queer spaces & not eventually hear of her groundbreaking comics? - but I didn't have much of an idea about what the strip was about, aside from dykes. Well, it's about their lives, loves, jobs, educations, families, and politics, and every messy bit that pops up in those areas. The strip has an extremely diverse cast of characters, parrying the conservative complaint that characters who are marginalized on multiple axes is modern woke bullshit. It's also refreshingly inclusive - though some of the characters struggle with the concept of transgender, the comic itself is affirming and depicts trans people as real human beings. This should not be a big deal, but it feels revolutionary to me. And, on a related note, Lois is my favorite of the dykes. (Seriously, the comic that discusses bisexual lesbians AND trans men in the same strip changed my life. Those are not modern made-up things or tumblr identities! Here they are, being discussed in our community long before the popularization of the Internet. So validating.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Pregnancy

Minor: Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Police brutality, Abortion, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Bullying, Excrement, War, and Misogyny

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Homophobia, Deadnaming, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Cursing

Moderate: Misogyny, Alcohol, Animal death, Biphobia, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Addiction, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Grief, Classism, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion, Ableism, Bullying, Drug use, Dementia, Xenophobia, Torture, and Islamophobia

starrygal's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

An honest, realistic, and heartwarming portrayal of a group of people (mostly lesbians) living their lives. I found it hard to put down, and it made me laugh more than a few times. The part that I enjoyed less was that it spent a lot of time on the intricacies of US politics - several decades ago. If that kind of thing is your cup of tea, then more power to you, but otherwise, you'll probably do as I did and skim that in order to get back to the relationship drama.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Ableism, Infidelity, Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Animal death, and Biphobia

Minor: Car accident, Dysphoria, Genocide, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Xenophobia, Deadnaming, Dementia, Medical content, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, and Hate crime

loverofeels's review against another edition

funny

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

so funny and entertaining though depressing at times due to the amount of politics and infidelity. alison bechdel has my heart <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Police brutality, Car accident, Deadnaming, Drug use, Biphobia, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Abortion, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Dysphoria, Racism, and Animal death