Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding by Maia Kobabe

9 reviews

raix's review

informative fast-paced

4.0

I liked that the book showed various perspectives from people who bind for various reasons, especially someone who had been binding since the 70's. I also liked the scientific data and the fact that it's a book about binding health written by trans people who understand that people bind for various reasons. I really felt like the goal wasn't to get people to stop binding altogether, but find a way that's safe and manageable for them. The worksheets and exercises seemed like they'd be very helpful for helping people manage their binding! I got top surgery over a decade ago and tend to look back at my binding days through rose-coloured glasses sometimes, because it was the first taste of freedom I felt. But this book definitely made me remember the drawbacks (especially the ace bandage days, ouch!)  When I was younger we knew all of these risks, but we didn't have a lot of options aside from "bind" and "don't bind"--of course most people picked the first one! I'm glad we have this resource that was taken from real trans experience and knowledge to give us ways to manage healthier binding and mitigate health problems. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Minor: Eating disorder

avisreadsandreads's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Transphobia, Medical content, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

robinks's review

informative slow-paced

5.0

I really loved the practical exercises mentioned in the last part of the book, and it’s clear that it was well-researched.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Dysphoria

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content

eloise648's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

popsicleplease's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Medical content, and Dysphoria

elbell1012's review

informative inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

moonyreadsbystarlight's review

informative reflective

4.5

I loved this! I loved that it talks about binding safety and shares a variety of people's experiences with binding. But more than that, as someone who has done human sciences research, I was so stoked to see this as a mode for presenting research! It's accessible to so many people, you're sharing the stories that people want shared, and contextualizing it all with practical information and ways to reflect. I love this and I want to see more like it (and I want to make things like this tbh) There are some things that I wish they went into more, but over all, this was cool! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Transphobia, Medical content, and Dysphoria

mandi_lea's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

ezwolf's review against another edition

hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book made a point, that people prioritize their mental health over physical health, that people think it's worth the pain for the gender euphoria. And I think this is a fantastic resource for trans people to help mitigate injuries that can be caused by binding. 

I liked that we learned the specific stories from people who were part of the study, then are given the tracking and journaling activities used by the study. It also includes stretches that can be done to help make binding easier on the body, which was something I had never read or heard about before. 

Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Dysphoria

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Injury/Injury detail