Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince

7 reviews

rockythefreak's review

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

So fun! I devoured this book over a few hours. I wish I had more to say; you really just gotta pick it up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Rape

Moderate: Bullying, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Body shaming

rape/SA:

A character demands that the MC pull her pants down to prove her gender, and then threatens to rape her. It is brief on 2 pages.

bronzeageholly's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

A heart wrenching story of finding yourself as a child and teenager, especially how we can enforce norms on others and ourselves out of fear or wanting to be accepted.

Some sections may have been quite clunkily conceived, but this graphic novel forces the reader to take a long hard look at growing up and trying to understand each other and where we fit in. 

Personally, I found it interesting to read of someone else’s journey and experiences with gender and gender expression and how they came to know themselves. We owe ourselves to always love and be who we are authentically.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Body shaming, and Homophobia

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content

prunusnucipersica's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Bullying, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol, Transphobia, Sexual content, Violence, and Rape

librarymouse's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.75

Tomboy is about a struggle a lot of girls who don't fit the hyper feminine goals that are expected of us by our parents and communities. I really like that Liz showed her growth and deepened her descriptions of her frustration until her revelation in the zine library. I also really enjoyed the epilogue as someone who occasionally has people assumed I'm a boy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Dysphoria

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

I enjoyed this book. It was great seeing how Liz represented her past experiences with gender dysphoria and finding comfort in being herself. It's not easy living your truth when the world wants you to act a certain way according to what's between your legs. 

📚 The gist 📚: Liz examines her experiences with gender-nonconformity, starting in her early childhood. She always identified with being masculine, but the world kept pushing femininity on her.

📒Representation📒 gender non-conforming, masculine girl

💕 For readers looking for 💕: fender-nonconformity experiences, a heartfelt memoir, nonfiction graphic novels, humor

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual harassment

sadie_g's review against another edition

fast-paced

1.5

This book kinda seemed like “I’m not like other girls” at the start but it ended being “I am like other girls” which was chill

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

maranzie's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

a weird amount of casual lesbophobia in an otherwise promising book