Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Género Queer: Una autobiografía by Maia Kobabe

210 reviews

savvypotions's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Transphobia

dannothedino's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia

forestcryptid16's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I knew that I’d feel so seen in this memoir and I was right. I wish I had read it sooner because I don’t know a lot of non-binary people who I could talk to about this sort of thing so it’s nice to see I’m not alone in a lot of feelings I’ve experienced over the years

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Blood and Medical trauma

beepbeep101's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

samanthas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria and Sexual content

jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

The author does an outstanding job in this deeply personal memoir exploring gender identity,  gender presentation,  and sexuality. As a cisgender woman,  I have never had to deal with the struggles to put my personal feelings about gender into the rigid categories the way Kobabe has, but the emotions expressed in word and art strike deeply at the hurtful assumptions many of us make every day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

autumnk3lly's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I don’t think words can describe how much this book effected me. I only picked it up because my Queer Lit professor mentioned it was currently one of the most banned books in the country. I identify as cisgender, but there were so many other parts that really hit hard; Eir struggle with eir’s sexuality and confusion on who they are. I can’t really describe it. I HATE how this book is heavily banned and censored; i think every queer person should read it eventually. I read it cover to cover in about two hours

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic friendship

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75

This is such a great book to help people who are struggling with their gender identity see that others struggle too and find ways and resources for them to find answers. I also think a comic is the perfect way to read about these topics, especially if you are not educated on them, it’s much more approachable than a thick book. I know this book has been banned and a lot of conservatives don’t think it is appropriate for teens, but never seeing any information about people like you is dangerous. Kids can’t be totally alone in this world, it does not end well for them mentally or physically if they have no one to reach out to. This book also mentions other books to read as well, so that’s really awesome.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Dysphoria

angeldawn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria

lunarreads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Transphobia

Spoiler

there's explicit body horror in these novel such as the writer being stabbed etc, as well as medica trauma related to getting a pap smear