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Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

21 reviews

theskyboi's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Medical content, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

annaofjesup's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Bullying, Dysphoria, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, and Transphobia

maggieparedesauthor's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was such a good reflection on figuring yourself out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Outing, Pregnancy, Sexism, Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, and Body shaming

rockythefreak's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

I fell in love with the work. It made me feel like I got a deeper understanding of things my partner talks about, being nonbinary and asexual, using words that I feel like she struggles to find at times. It helped me find some words for my own feelings and experiences too. I am so grateful to this work and it's author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Medical content, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Dysphoria, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Bullying

Minor: Incest

Very brief child nudity (not sexualized). Children are depicted urinating outside. Brief but graphic images of urine and vomit and feces. As for incest, it is discussed vaguely. It is only noticable if you're familiar with the pop culture reference where the incest takes place. Details:

The incest concerns a fictional "ship" between Sam and Dean Winchester from the show Supernatural.

Pap smears are discussed

as traumatic and extremely painful, and the pain is both physical and emotional, so it's amplified.

Blood, Injury, and body horror is used at times for metaphorical effect.

charliemaigne's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Bullying, Outing, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Homophobia

Minor: Hate crime

dannothedino's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia

missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition

4.5

“Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can flourish and grow. Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home.” p. 191

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Sexual content, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Medical trauma

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is an autobiographical comic about Maia Kobabe’s gender identity. I understand why it has been such a challenged book because some of the scenes are very graphic, but I think it has an important purpose and message. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Excrement, Vomit, Sexual content, Medical content, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Bullying

hey_al's review

inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Really beautiful. I'd recommend this to anyone - queer folks, loved ones of queer folks, people questioning their gender/sexuality, people wanting to learn more about gender/sexuality. I wish I had had this book when I was a teen.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Medical trauma, and Bullying

stacy837's review

challenging hopeful informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Medical trauma, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Blood, and Misogyny