Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

10 reviews

therainbowshelf's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Rhea's project to understand gender on a deeper level and unexpected self-examination is a thoughtful, inclusive look at gender and gender experiences. I loved this insightful book. Rhea approaches the subject matter extremely well. This definitely got me thinking many times. It was interesting to read so many people's experiences paird with Rhea's own reflections.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Hate crime, Drug use, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Sexism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Ableism and Colonisation

kaimetcalfe's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Violence, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Body shaming

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Racism, Drug abuse, and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Ableism, and Domestic abuse

spooderman's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Biphobia, Dysphoria, Racism, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Body shaming, Abandonment, Homophobia, Ableism, Gaslighting, Sexism, Racial slurs, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Cursing, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Hate crime, Classism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Deportation, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

bi_n_large's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Homophobia, Body shaming, Transphobia, Mental illness, Bullying, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Deadnaming, Addiction, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Racism, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Ableism, and Antisemitism

beckbex's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Addiction, Self harm, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Emotional abuse and Biphobia

librarymouse's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

I was really excited to start reading this book, but it took me a long time to get through. In random parts, I would find myself getting overwhelmed, but not in a bad way. Just in a way that I needed to put the book down for a little bit and think. Overall, I really enjoyed Rhea Ewing's approach to curating these interviews into a narrative that could be used to discuss the wider cultural impacts gender has. I sometimes had trouble tracking who was speaking. Each individual has a well illustrated face and each section is denoted with their name, but because the interviews were interspersed between one another and I took my time reading the book, some of the connections between sections of one interview or multiple interviews with one person weren't easy for me to see. I was often pulled into the stories they were telling and forgot to check the name in the upper left of the boxes.
I think this is a really valuable resource, but I don't think it's formatted in a way that is best for me as an individual to absorb and digest information.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Classism, Grief, Transphobia, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

avidales's review

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Mental illness, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

benediction's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Racism, Dysphoria, Body shaming, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Deadnaming, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Biphobia, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Drug use, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Drug abuse, Blood, Classism, and Colonisation

booksmellers's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was a really interesting look into the diverse identities and expressions experienced across a variety of people. I especially appreciated the perspectives of older trans people, because they are not a demographic I've heard from very often. This book covers gender identity in a pretty complex way and also explores various issues that effect the trans community, such as healthcare, housing, and community support. It covers a span of quite a few years as well, so it was interesting to see how the language somewhat changed and evolved since Ewing began these interviews. 

I really liked how the author weaved their personal gender discovery and exploration into the narrative. This book felt unique in that it did follow one narrator, but the reoccurring people they interviewed were also complex supporting characters; it felt like watching a documentary. 

Thank you, NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Mental illness, Homophobia, Racism, Medical content, Dysphoria, and Grief

jackelz's review

informative reflective slow-paced

What started as a school project, turned into a decade-long quest interviewing (56) people across the spectrum of gender identities. 

It was beautiful to see how everyone had different answers to all the posed questions. This just goes to show you how fluid gender is and there is more to it than a binary option on a questionnaire. 

Themes: femininity, masculinity, race, gender expression, body image, hormones, health care, labels, relationships, bathrooms, housing, and the queer community. All of these things factor into ones identity. 

Amidst other peoples personal stories is Ewing's own story growing up in rural Kentucky, grappling with their identity as a teenager, and ultimately finding themself. 

CW: gender dysphoria, transphobia, racism, ableism, body image issues, drug use, sex work, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt 

Thank you Edelweiss for the Digital Review Copy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Dysphoria, and Suicidal thoughts