Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

6 reviews

nitar8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Body shaming, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, and Eating disorder

muchadoaboutliz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia and Xenophobia

biblioghoul's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Racism, Rape, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Biphobia, and Ableism

Minor: Abortion, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Hate crime

sco_whi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

Roxane Gay is a beautiful writer. This is particularly notable in her ability to explain the emotion behind

Spoiler

her weight gain after being raped

. I raced through this book. I think that a linear timeline would better fit the story though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Xenophobia and Homophobia