Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

27 reviews

foxblood's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, and Domestic abuse

jpitts's review

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

What an incredible project. It's impressive how the author was able to compile the contents of these 56 interviews--along with their own personal story--in a way that flows this well and is accessible, interesting and heartfelt. It promotes compassion and truly listening to people, and I feel like I learned so much from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Dysphoria, and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt

bootrat's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Racism

Contains a couple of homophobic slurs, including the f slur, used by one of the interviewees (Ignacio). It makes it clear with a note at the bottom of the page when the content about a suicide attempt is, so you can skip that if needed. Check the full content warnings on the first page.

siobhanward's review

informative medium-paced

4.0

 I think this is what I was hoping for when I read Beyond the Gender Binary last year. I appreciated that Ewing started with little knowledge on the subject and extended that to the reader. This book was a very good look at gender, gender identity, gender expression, etc. as defined by those interviewed by Ewing, based on their own experiences.

I appreciated how Ewing interwove their own story into the comic without hijacking the narrative. I also appreciate that this got beyond super basics, while still being accessible to readers. It's obvious how much time and love Ewing put into this book and it made it a pleasure to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Dysphoria

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

orangeoverload's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Suicide attempt

meecespieces's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Suicide attempt

daniellekat's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

I think this book is powerful and necessary in the gender conversation, but I think it took on too much and was too long. The author did a good job at trying to highlight the different intersections of gender, and I thought the organization of the chapters was well thought out. However, the jumping between interviewees within specific topics meant that it was hard to follow each individual's "story". Overall, I found this to be an accessible way to consider the topic of gender but I think the execution was a miss for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, and Biphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

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

carey's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This was a very thought provoking discussion of gender. I thought the comic was an interesting concept of delivering what the author learning during their interviews. I had hoped I'd learn a bit more. But when you consider the ever changing vocabulary with gender, it's not a bad thing that this graphic novel would leave me with more questions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Death