Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

647 reviews

jsant's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

A powerful and brave memoir by actor Elliot Page about his life and journey to identify as gay and then to come out as a trans man. 

The memoir is written in a non-linear order, each chapter jumping forward or back in time. It's a bit disorienting, but it seems to work as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

angrangy's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

imscrem's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

2.5

I appreciate that Elliot Page took the time to write down his story. I listened to the audiobook, and found it difficult at times to understand what time period in his life he was writing from due to the somewhat jumpy narrative.  I didn’t enjoy hearing about his sexual escapades or the many, many times he was sexually abused, but I have to acknowledge that these are true parts of his story and the book would not have been complete without them. It was uncomfortable to hear about who licked what while I rode the subway. Overall, I this book definitely wasn’t what I expected — I thought it would be a more uplifting take on the trans experience, but came out thinking it’s more of a dismal array of all the ways that people can be horrific to someone for being different. I wish the world was kinder. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Deadnaming, Death, Physical abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic

rosie_sloan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

jess_always_reading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

clacksee's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

mons278's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Outing, and Gaslighting

erikaraz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Moving memoir by Elliot Page. Really connected with the experience of growing up in a small Canadian town as a queer person. I really appreciate him sharing his story 💗

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

joisaddler's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

padancer's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.5

More like a short stories book, not a memoir. Compared to others which were published near this time period, much much worse. I couldnt get a grip since it was not in chronological order. For me too shallow and not very detailed, so I couldn’t sympathize with Elliot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia