Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

120 reviews

errinnnn's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

Fell asleep for the last hour but there’s no way I’m rewinding it, that was awful. 
Non linear narrative that was executed so terribly that you never know where abouts in time you are with Page, WAYYYYY too much talk about poo, an unbearable amount of detail about all the sex he has had and, considering Elliot Page is an actor, awful narration. The whole audiobook was read in a flat, monotone voice that made it impossible for me to get invested in what he was saying since it just sounded like one long drone. It feels cruel to critique someone’s life story so strongly but this book was in desperate need of a great editor and I think would have benefitted from a much later release date to fine tune any and all issues within it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual content, Stalking, Transphobia, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, and Sexual assault

eicart_reads's review against another edition

reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Self harm, Misogyny, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia

Minor: Excrement and Stalking

There are several descriptions of non-consensual sex where he felt unable to say no or felt like he had to/should go along with it.

pearlisarobot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Hate crime, Abandonment, Bullying, Stalking, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

Minor: Pedophilia

lqne's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Body shaming

Minor: Deadnaming, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

alphacenterin's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Transphobia, and Body shaming

skylaturner's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Transphobia

caleugh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Medical content

thriftstoreclown's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, and Torture

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Deadnaming, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Excrement

Some of these subjects are kind of par for the course when contextualized with what we know about Elliot publicly already (as a public figure who came out as a lesbian in 2014 before eventually coming out as trans) such as lesbophobia, transphobia, religious bigotry, mentions of (potential) hate crimes. But Elliot’s story is also full of history not only around the Canadian landscape of his youth, but also of characters that he has played, and he does not shy away from sharing all of the gory details of

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a local explosion that devastated Nova Scotia, or even the way that one of his film characters was murdered.

, which are mentioned in great detail. There are also several instances mentioned in detail where Elliot describes being

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sexually assaulted

, and he also describes other instances of verbal abuse, often closely linked.

e11en's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, Stalking, Transphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, and Pedophilia

siebensommer's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

hollywood is built on leveraging queerness. tucking it away when needed, pulling it out when beneficial while patting themselves on the back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Eating disorder