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erikagibson126's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
danasaur's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Rape
augustar14's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Classism
Minor: Rape
mads_jpg's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
erebus53's review against another edition
5.0
Nanette and the story of the creation thereof, is an exercise (exorcise) in trauma, in violence and exclusion meted out upon a Neurodivergent (in her case Autistic ADHD) lesbian woman from Tasmania (in Australia). There is profanity and no holds barred descriptions of medicalised womanhood, sexual assault, rape, bad dad jokes, and physical violence. The whole thing is designed to be in your face, because too may people just don't engage with the things that happen to you if you are underprivileged.
As a result this book is full of jabs at cis-het-white-men.. but that is because it's less problematic to "punch up" than down. Gadsby is deliberately seeking to subvert the form of comedy, to parody the man-and-the-mic standup look, and to kick the audience in the gut with a bit of a wakeup call.
Yes of course I am biased. I'm also a vagina wielding Autistic f*** up. I know how it is. Life doesn't ever really stop breaking you, but you do tend to learn survival skills along the way. I own my privilege.. there are plenty of things that I have going for me that mean that people take me seriously. I'm not brown, I spell conventionally.. I can define conventionally.. my parents were both together in their own home before my mother died and I inherited enough to buy my own mortgage (lucky me!) So yes, I am biased in my opinion of this book, but I like to think that it's because I am the target audience. I see my like, in Hannah Gadsby. She's about my age, also brought up in the Antipodes, and she wrote this book for the brethren and sistren who have also dealt with being othered for their sex, gender, presentation, sexual orientation, neurotype, sensitivities, and benign differences.
Bloody good book.
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
ldysylvanas's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
sarahelem's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Excrement, Medical trauma, Abortion, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
travelseatsreads's review
4.0
Ten Steps to Nanette is Hannah's brutally honest memoir where she openly talks about her unusual childhood growing up in Tasmania, where it was illegal to be gay until 1997, her uphill battle to attain her ASD diagnosis as an adult, a mountain of trauma she experienced, her life as a comedian and all the funny nitty gritty bits in-between.
This isn't an easy read by any means and I spent huge sections spiraling from crying with laughter to tears of genuine sorrow at some of Hannah's experiences. But, what is clear is that Hannah has an amazingly powerful and poignant story to tell which everyone needs to hear and learn from. It's not doom and gloom as Hannah has a real talent in making even the darkest of situations have some comedic value. So do yourself a favour and go watch Nanette on Netflix and then pick up Ten Steps to Nanette on audiobook for a truly enlightening giggle.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
madisonfrank's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Abortion, Pregnancy, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
melissacushman's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, and Classism
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, and Colonisation