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robinks's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, Stalking, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Cancer and Abortion
lottiegasp's review against another edition
4.75
I thought it had really interesting perspectives about being queer, feminist and shunning societal norms while cherishing love and family. Rightfully so, a lot of feminism focusses on empowering women and genderqueer people to be single and child-free, to not be stuck in unfulfilling and unequal relationships, and to find and cherish love elsewhere. But for people who do seek and find love through their romantic partner and children, I think it is important to consider how to do these things in a way that does not simply reinforce the hetero status quo. This is something Nelson grapples with, while portraying how she and Harry have approached things.
At some parts in the middle I found the writing and references to other scholars a bit dense. Nevertheless, I overall appreciated the rich, aesthetic literary writing style, which is perhaps more common in fiction than memoirs.
Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Deadnaming and Transphobia
There are explicit descriptions of consensual sex. And detailed description of pregnancy and labour. There are some brief descriptions of transphobia, but the book focusses much more on trans joy. The author deadnames her partner once, presumably with his permission. There is a gutwrenching description of a parent dying, which is beautifully written but very sad.o3tri's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Lesbophobia
garynoplastie's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Deadnaming, Infertility, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, and Stalking
Minor: Alcoholism
suspicious_salmon's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Death of parent and Pregnancy
Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Excrement, Grief, Stalking, and Cultural appropriation