Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas Page McBee

8 reviews

mxawprince's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Death of parent

phvntomstvrs's review against another edition

5.0

challenging reflective medium-paced

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I loved this book. Thomas uses his personal experiences of preparing for his participation in a charity boxing match to work through his journey dissecting toxic masculinity, patriarchy, and what it means to be a man. I appreciate that he refrains from making generalized or vilified conversation, empathizing with the men around him while also taking care to check his harmful behaviours for the people around him and try better. I don't id as a trans man in a binary sense, but in my own transition these same questions have weighed heavy on my mind and this book feels like a balm for my overwhelm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia

the_reading_wren's review

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Really important read for anyone scared of their own masculinity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

saskiahill's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Injury/Injury detail

oisinthewizard's review

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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As a gay trans man, this was a somewhat difficult read and showed me a gap in masculine experiences as shaped by sexuality and performance. While I found McGee's experiences almost entirely unrelatable, his writing is self reflective and offers insight into the pressures to perform a strictly heterosexual masculinity.

I was made deeply uncomfortable by the use of anti-gay male slurs and with the author's approach to the casual use of such slurs in all-male settings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Misogyny

streberkatze's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism

zombiezami's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Sexual harassment

queertrash's review

5.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Outing