Reviews tagging 'Outing'

README.txt by Chelsea Manning

13 reviews

nibs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

I read this as the March book for a queer lit bookclub. 
This book made me think. I knew the US military was cooked, but seeing the insideous and complicated ways this played out in Chelsea's life was something else. I really respected her writing - she was honest about her flaws and actions, including negative things. She's a real human and she'd explain the emotions behind these actions - not to gain sympathy but as a fact-based explanation on what lead to those actions. 
She got to tell her own story, something she mentions throughout the book as being important to her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Outing, Dysphoria, and War

lowbrowhighart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Gaslighting

magneto's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Outing, and War

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders