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Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

23 reviews

yleavy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

A really lovely memoir and reflection on gender identity and sexuality. I loved the family relationships.

The ending felt like it needed another beat or two; I actually thought I was missing a few pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual content, Vomit, and Medical content

penofpossibilities's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

It ended rather abrupltly, that was jarring. It felt very immersive otherwise. It was a very honest account of eir experiences. Some of the scenes were very disturbing in it's graphic depiction of undergoing a trauma on the body. That was difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Minor: Vomit

theskyboi's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

annaofjesup's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was such a good reflection on figuring yourself out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Outing

rockythefreak's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

I fell in love with the work. It made me feel like I got a deeper understanding of things my partner talks about, being nonbinary and asexual, using words that I feel like she struggles to find at times. It helped me find some words for my own feelings and experiences too. I am so grateful to this work and it's author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Incest

Very brief child nudity (not sexualized). Children are depicted urinating outside. Brief but graphic images of urine and vomit and feces. As for incest, it is discussed vaguely. It is only noticable if you're familiar with the pop culture reference where the incest takes place. Details:

The incest concerns a fictional "ship" between Sam and Dean Winchester from the show Supernatural.

Pap smears are discussed

as traumatic and extremely painful, and the pain is both physical and emotional, so it's amplified.

Blood, Injury, and body horror is used at times for metaphorical effect.

charliemaigne's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Hate crime

dannothedino's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Blood

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia

missrosymaplemoth's review

4.5

“Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can flourish and grow. Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home.” p. 191

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

strawberrytheauthor's review

challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is an autobiographical comic about Maia Kobabe’s gender identity. I understand why it has been such a challenged book because some of the scenes are very graphic, but I think it has an important purpose and message. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Minor: Bullying