Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

18 reviews

discocaptain's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

beautiful BEAUTIFUL story. its poignant with its arresting vistas juxtaposed against the mundane horror of being a woman in the places that beaton worked. its stark. it doesn't pull its punches from the assault to the boredom to the anxiety that pervades the comic. its gorgeous and a story that's important to tell- i just wish it didn't happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Rape, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

uranaishi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual violence, Stalking, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Sexism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Excrement, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Cursing, Drug use, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Confinement, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Cancer, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Grief

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Bullying, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Grief, Stalking, Classism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

TWO fade-to-black rape scenes.

jennyedit_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming

Environmental degradation

drbex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual violence, and Sexism

thewordsdevourer's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.25

ducks was a darker-than-expected read, w/ beaton's graphic memoir focusing on her 2 yrs working in canada's oil sands, which proved to be a complex, nuanced experience w/ negative repercussions nevertheless.

the book dealt w/ human behavior when situated in an unusual microcosm thats focused on the wrong things, demonstrating the oil companies' flaws and policies that enabled a culture of silence and harassment. im disturbed to learn that beaton's experience was a daily struggle of living in a man's world, encountering sexist and misogynistic behavior both glaringly alarming and casually subtle.

tho i cant fully say the reading experience as a whole was enjoyable due to my detached distance from the stable, wearying tone of the story, the art was great - never an awkward panel to be found - w/ both fluid characters and more realistic illustrations of the setting, many of which were notable. i also appreciated beaton touching on the oil industry's culpability in wreaking destruction to the local communities, and the awareness of her own positionality.

id recommend this book to ppl who wouldnt be disturbed by the book's triggering content, and those interested in learning abt sth rarely explored esp in visual form.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Infidelity, Drug use, Mental illness, and Stalking

Minor: Racism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

borrowmybookjacket's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is my second reading of Ducks. I'm a long time fan of Beaton and the comics about her life were always interesting. It's fascinating to look into someone else's life. It's not just another world, it's their view of an entirely different world. But tragically many things are still the same 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Car accident, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cancer, Rape, Alcohol, Cursing, Body shaming, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

thebruce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Misogyny, and Bullying

Moderate: Stalking, Car accident, Drug use, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Body shaming, Excrement, Animal death, Alcohol, and Grief

readersreadingnook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Body shaming

Minor: Drug use and Addiction

daisyrain98's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Cried, wasn’t what I thought it was gonna be about but it’s real and it’s heavy. Loved the art and was interested in learning about this work culture I would have in no other way looked into myself.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Body shaming, Bullying, Addiction, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault