luna_bear's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Addiction, and Transphobia
teo_rodas's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Well thank g-d that’s done. I had it on my tbr for ages and finally made myself read it. Despite including two of my all time favorite authors, I enjoyed only two or three of the 33 pieces included, neither of which were theirs. The last essay is definitely worth reading and I found a lot of the graphic essays/visual media compelling. But this book is distinctly stigmatizing and ableist(or disablist to borrow a word from my favorite contribution that I will most certainly be adding to my vocabulary). It centers on the more palatable versions of mental illness and shies away from critique at nearly every opportunity.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Vomit
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