nerdy_yinzer's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Confinement, Hate crime, and Child abuse
Moderate: Outing, Abortion, and Blood
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
pinkpotayto's review against another edition
5.0
Most of us are just trying to find our own unique (possibly fucked up) ways to survive. That's what her essays have shown me. As a queer woman also struggling to survive, Id like to thank Lauren for sharing her story. All we want to be is heard, and understood, and I believe by sharing something so personal with the world, that might be what she wished for as well.
(I added content warnings, but like, it's someone's life and I don't really think it can be categorized into boxes but I added the ones I think could be genuinely triggering. Just keep an open mind)
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual content
quassibly's review against another edition
5.0
Separately, her essays each impart in insight into the world at large, seen through the lens of Hough's experiences -- being told that she can only be good if she conforms to a standard, being hurt by people who tell her it's for her own good, and finding herself powerless in a world where poverty is the ultimate shame. Taken together, they tell the story of a woman who fighting to figure out how to create her own standards with only her anger and her wit to arm her.
Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence