Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Witch Doesn't Burn In This One by Amanda Lovelace

7 reviews

pa0la_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Really liked this book. It definitely made be feel rage, anger, empowerment, and hope for women, for myself. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

peacholino's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

lizacorn's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm

warlockdorian's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

daphne_430's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Sexism

the author included a page with the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book

metaparadox's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Transphobia

stwriter92's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

2.0

Having read Amanda Lovelace’s collection “The Princess Saves Herself In This One,” I have to say that this kind of followed the same thread. 

I want to preface this with the proclamation that I am a staunch feminist. I do believe that we live in an unequal society. This is something that needs to be fixed. However, I am also equally against the misandry that is sprinkled through this collection. 

First of all, the entire thing reads like a collection of tweets that had been saved as drafts to collect dust until they were brushed off and slapped into this collection. It felt very Diet Riot Grl-esque. It reminded me of my own cringe-worthy poetry that I used to write back in high school (I will never show anyone that ever ever ever).  

There were a few good ones, I’ll grant that, but the entire thing felt a little too pandering to me. She has a theme of taking the definition of “woman” back from the patriarchy, which is something I can get behind. She also has a theme of taking back the power of feminine anger at a world that was created to keep us downtrodden. These are themes that I can get behind, but the execution feels like it was surface-level observation dressed up to look deeper than it actually was.  

One thing I will give her, however, is this idea of being reborn from the ashes. I do think that the phoenix-imagery is very inspiring. I just wish that the execution of this collection had been done better.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Body shaming