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tacoboutmari's review against another edition
How not to be harsh….. if I wanted to read about anti-blackness, self hatred, a POC being “color-blind” I would have picked up Candace Owens memoir (does she have one? This might be it in another font). While I understand the importance of working through your internal biases and prejudices that were ingrained in you from society and your childhood, how does that translate into being a mean spoiled rich girl flaunting her opportunities that most don’t have? Add in a lil sprinkle of 90s Eurocentric diet culture and beauty trends that I could possibly care less about. I know it’s important to not have to relate to books, but goddamn I was getting anxiety from the author hating the own color of her skin!? This triggered me severely. I was excited for this book to have commentary about Blacks in the media and how that trickles down to society, I was not expecting having to hear about how this girl was ashamed to be an ableist Black woman. I disliked this so much her voice in narration even to the point it started to annoy me. I am very happy to DNF.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Police brutality, and Classism
kaylinvm94's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Racism
Moderate: Ableism
trayslays's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
2.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Racism, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Dysphoria
nataliegray's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Racism
Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism