Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay

14 reviews

hln's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Racism and Misogyny

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Xenophobia

kshertz's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense

3.5

It’s a really hard book for me as I know it’s not really a book meant for me. It is an important read for me to understand and combat my own fat phobia. I also have to combat books that are a about someone processing their life and still being in the middle of processing it without any kind of aha moment or this kind of memoir that is so brutally honest and vulnerable and in the gray area. I almost feel like I’m not mature enough or far enough in my journey to totally get this memoir and I felt this way when I read it a few years ago. I hope to keep reading it every few years to see if this changes for me. I’m the meantime, she’s an incredibly talented author and human on another playing field with her writing and I appreciate how she challenges me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Ableism, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Bullying, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Biphobia, and Ableism

Minor: Abortion, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Hate crime

itszosia's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Body shaming

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, and Sexism

foreverinastory's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Brutally honest, this memoir scraped both me and Roxane to the bone.

CWs: Rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, trauma, eating disorder, vomit, fatphobia, body shaming, racism, emotional abuse, toxic relationship. Moderate: Medical content, medical trauma, medical fatphobia, domestic abuse, sexual content, misogyny, sexism, injury/injury detail, mental illness, self harm, ableism, suicidal thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

alsoapples's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

savannahtrice's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was so real and as a person who's struggled with disordered eating this really hit home.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racism and Misogyny

linesiunderline's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

In a word, brilliant.

It has taken me far too long to prioritize this memoir. I am left feeling  moved, challenged, and changed.

Gay’s prose is so clear and unflinching. Her writing manages to be direct and full of emotional resonance at the same time. I listened to this on audio, and the experience of hearing the author share her own story in her own voice, was especially powerful.

This is a complex, raw, and human book. I wish everyone would read it. If you’re waiting for “the right moment” like I was, maybe it’s now.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

sammies_shelf's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder