Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition by Munroe Bergdorf

2 reviews

sakisreads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

✨ Gifted ✨

I absolutely ADORE Munroe Bergdorf, so getting this book from my friend made me feel so happy 🥹

This book needs content warnings which we will obviously include below 🥲

Despite being in the public eye for years, with people behaving horrifically towards her, it’s no wonder that Bergdorf has lived a difficult life. This book gives us a better understanding about life as a Black trans woman. Bergdorf shares trauma, but she also shares true joy 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

4 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Transphobia, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

As expected from the amazingly talented Monroe Bergdorf, this book is written and structured brilliantly. I read it in a day but spent time allowing the emotive and thought-provoking moments to resonate with me. It’s so valuable to have the unfiltered voice of a trans person - especially a Black woman - available for people to hear, especially at the moment. Monroe describes in the book a friendship with another trans person who guided her at the start of her transition, and this book felt like Monroe doing this for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Stalking, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Abortion, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic