Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale

7 reviews

kateellis00's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Ableism, Transphobia, Alcohol, Grief, Addiction, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Racism, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

fizzymilk22's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Such an interesting book to me. Gender dysphoria and autism have a lot of overlap in my own life at the moment, and having the perspective of someone who's had to deal with both and is at a more confident stage in their life is incredibly valuable. It is definitely pitched to be accessible to those unfamiliar with LGBT culture and autism, which while absolutely the right move makes certain sections less interesting as they go over things I'm already familiar with. But as I expected this is simultaneously joyous and tragic and in the end hopeful to the point of inspiration to me. I wish there were more perspectives like this out there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Addiction, Body shaming, Misogyny, Hate crime, Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Mental illness, Outing, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

Though there is a large correlation between autistic people and queer people, it's sometimes challenging to find books from that lived experiences. I am grateful to Dale, as a gay autistic trans woman, for putting her story out there to share what those intersections look like for her. 

A lot of Dale's personal story is emotionally heavy and tragic, but she ends the book on a positive and hopeful note.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Drug use, Alcohol, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Addiction

Moderate: Pedophilia and Stalking

kstericker's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Deadnaming, Infidelity, and Pedophilia

benediction's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Suicide, Mental illness, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

buttermellow's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction and Misogyny

thatdistantlake's review

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Addiction, and Drug use

The author discusses her experience with suicidality & several attempts. She also mentions the suicides of several friends. The book also addresses her experiences of transphobia in public. Childhood sexual abuse is mentioned in passing