Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

18 reviews

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

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

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

lanid's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Dysphoria, and Transphobia

erin1339's review

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

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

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

roctothorpe's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

A diverse, documentary-style distillation of 56 interviews the author conducted over a decade about gender and identity in the American Midwest. 

Overall I thought this collection was thought provoking and occasionally illuminating, in thinking through how I agreed or disagreed with the various perspectives presented. The last two sections are particularly strong. However, I felt that the abrupt narrative shifts (choosing to quickly skip between many different interviews without giving context on the speaker's identity) left the collection as a whole feeling a bit disjointed. 

If you like this book, or the idea of this book, I highly recommend the Gender Reveal podcast! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia and Dysphoria

Minor: Suicide attempt