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meg_leigh's review against another edition
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.0
This one left me disappointed. Lots of interesting info but it was dragged down by:
- the relentless moralizing of weight
- the ongoing refusal to acknowledge transgender individuals
- the relentless moralizing of weight
- the ongoing refusal to acknowledge transgender individuals
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia
heathen's review
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
2.5
This book was very informative on many different aspects of the human body. It definitely isn't inclusive of trans people and I wasn't wild about all the fat phobia. It was entertaining and informative enough, and I realize trying to encapsulate the myriad processes of the human body into an easily accessible book is a tall order.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Fatphobia and Transphobia
gracek67's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
1.5
very trans-exclusive and fatphobic, glossed over important things, and was generally very dull. His talk about breast cancer completely excluded non-women, which isn't even related to his exclusion of trans people- males can get breast cancer too. The sex/chromosomes section only gave XX and XY as the two options, ignoring the many variations there are even within people assigned male or female at birth.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia and Fatphobia
junefish's review
challenging
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Body horror, and Medical content
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Dementia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Mental illness, Gore, Excrement, and Drug use
Minor: Transphobia, Misogyny, Miscarriage, and Fatphobia
The book does not acknowledge the existence of transgender or intersex individuals.
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