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endemictoearth's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
clarabooksit's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Self harm
chantplant's review against another edition
5.0
I still felt so seen and could remember what it was like being in the thick of it and actually using this manga to help me understand why i was doing and feeling some of things that i was.
the essays on physical vs emotional pain & explaining how investing in yourself physically can do wonders for mental health were particularly helpful and worth coming back to. this is one of those manga that I will hold forever dear and will always reference and come back to. kabi also definitely deserves credit in popularizing autobio in manga and opening up the space to explore mental health and sexuality in the manga sphere.
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that being said - coming back to My Lesbian Experience after reading most of Kabi’s other works - it’s breaks my heart tremendously seeing her artwork decline in quality as her health worsens. as well as seeing Kabi talk herself into circles & seemingly stray away from the goals she’s made in this manga as time goes by. reading about her relapses in semi-real time is extremely saddening.
in My Lesbian Experience, Kabi fights with herself to gain control of her life and make her own wants and desires a priority. She tells herself over & over that her life > her parent’s expectations. Yet in her second latest My Pancreas Broke But My Life Got Better, she circles back to where she started: worrying about her parents feelings and making choices based on how they may react.
i know that mental heath is a continuous process of two steps forward one step back. and relapse can happen several times even in later recovery stages.
i hope Kabi retraces her steps and re-reads My Lesbian Experience and remembers where she started. her own words may help her the way it’s helped me and others in their mental health journey. i wish her all the best and will continue to support her work.
Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
yasaman's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Vomit
frances_frances's review against another edition
5.0
I also always appreciate hearing about adults who are just beginning to explore sex and their sexuality. There's so much stigma around sexual inexperience and many of us who are "late bloomers" can feel immense shame about this (speaking from experience). I'm grateful to artists and writers who are willing and able to tell stories about later in life sexual exploration. The concept of virginity and the moral judgement we attach to it is not inevitable or necessary!
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Incest
mobymaize's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, and Lesbophobia
u_0's review against another edition
4.0
This book is definitely not for everyone but I'm so glad I read this. I think it will help a lot of people who feel alone and hopeless. I hope the author is doing well!
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Ableism and Emotional abuse
jjjjo's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
mhigbee's review against another edition
3.5
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
jessthanthree's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Mental illness
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual content