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Fame: Storia del mio corpo by Roxane Gay

43 reviews

missaprilnola's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism and Sexism

clarabooksit's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Classism

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Some memoirs just feel like info dumps about the author but this, Roxane Gay was able to weave a thread throughout that continued to tie together the whole memoir. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

rchltnnswd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I can't believe it's taken me this long to read anything by Roxane Gay, but dang this hit hard. It's fascinating how this was a memoir but based totally around her body: the trauma her body was subjected to, her self image, her weight, her ability to love and be loved, and mental health, it all harkens back to her body. There's a lot of tough subject matter, and it hits so dang hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Bullying and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Roxane Gay is such a masterful writer that I felt in good hands reading about sensitive topics. I'm glad I read this though it was difficult to find my footing sometimes in all the dark and troubling details. It's candid, sad, angering, challenging at once. Yet it was compelling and clever. It's my second Roxane Gay and I will surely read more in the future. Her perspective and wit are great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

kathshiroma's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Racism

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Xenophobia

toadstoolsnshit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This is a very good book. Please check the trigger warnings before reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Medical trauma