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Girlhood by Melissa Febos

24 reviews

8675309mp's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

americattt's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

Felt so very personal and yet so encompassing of feelings and experiences I’m sure every girl has lived.

“What is a sea storm as a child? How does an earthquake begin to know itself? That first rumble you hear and think: me. Our power may be innate, but we learn its meaning from others. No one is born knowing the difference between a sea god and a sea monster. What if no one told you that you were a Hecatoncheire? ”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

hannahyorkey's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Eating disorder

annamary54's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I struggled to get into this book, but the mirror test got me hooked. this really puts into words what it feels like to be a girl in a woman’s body. at times i was extremely uncomfortable reading this, in the best way. it forced me to reflect on my own life every essay. will be recommending to all of my friends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Body shaming, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mckennamarsh06's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

A book that starts out slow and depressing, until it suddenly builds to rich, incredibly articulate writing. Febos mines the depths of despair for rich insights into femininity and life as a whole. If you’re brave enough to stick through the darkness, it’s well worth it. Her essays detail everything from her relationship to her mother to her childhood, to the development of her writing career and an exploration of her relationship to her self worth. Febos redefines not only what it means to be “slut,” but what it means to be a woman, and a free one at that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

bella_ruth's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Stalking, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, and Suicidal thoughts

meaglovesbooks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Sexual assault

avasbookmark's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexism, and Stalking

snowiceblackfruit77's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Self harm

bashsbooks's review

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.5

A great collection of essays on Being (Perceived As) A Woman Under Patriarchy and all the fucky wucky stuff that comes along with that. A little more binary than what I usually prefer, but Febos' level of nuance makes up for the generalizations. The tagline on my copy of the book suggests that it's a good read for women of all kinds - mothers, daughters, sisters - but I think men would benefit a lot by reading it as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexism, Cursing, Misogyny, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Body shaming

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Death of parent