Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

215 reviews

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

encryptedorchardpest's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Elliot has a really important story to share. It was however kinda painful to get through, I think made truly worse by having read the audio version. I digress. I think my favorite part was his honest self awareness. For someone who experienced severe amounts of abuse/trauma, it was really interesting to hear him take so much ownership of pain he may have inflicted on others. It's super easy to remain a victim just because you were one. Also as an aside literally transphobia is so stupid I can't comprehend it. Why do people care just leave everyone alone it is not that deep anyways his story is important despite the writing so that is why the 4 cause it's important for it to be read. Also he is a woke king

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

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

charleshasalibrary's review against another edition

It was just too triggering. I hope to go back some day to finish it. His writing voice is great, the content was just too much for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

courtsport's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Reflective journey through Elliot's early life and how it was shaped by his trans identity, which took him many years to come to terms with. This autobio sheds light on the lived experience of the pain and joys of moving through the world as a closeted and then publicly queer and trans person. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

robinks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

I was excited to see that Page read his own audiobook - memoirs always seem to have a greater impact on me when done this way. However, the chapters felt so disorganized to me, both in chronology and topic. While I appreciate Page’s acknowledgement of his privileged identities, I want to read more memoirs by trans folks of color.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Pandemic/Epidemic

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use and Excrement

bonnienoire's review against another edition

This book is 29 chapters long and told out of order. The sequence wouldve been bearable if he could have edited any of it to not be so a) melodramatic and b) like... Narrowed it down a bit more. This is a whole autobiography, practically, not really a memoir. A memoir is supposed to have a theme, and like, vignettes. This is the whole damn thing. It feels like he's blabbering on at points, with no real direction or intention. I was interested in learning about his life, but there are times when it felt very...??? Fluffed??? Why do I need to know EVERY lover and movie? Idk. It felt very circular after a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Transphobia, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

acechemicals's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Outing, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bugcarnival9000's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment