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maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Outing
rockythefreak's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying and Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Incest
Very brief child nudity (not sexualized). Children are depicted urinating outside. Brief but graphic images of urine and vomit and feces. As for incest, it is discussed vaguely. It is only noticable if you're familiar with the pop culture reference where the incest takes place. Details:charliemaigne's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Hate crime
emilo's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Medical trauma
Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Transphobia, and Acephobia/Arophobia
wrinnola's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Sexism and Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Vomit
kirstenf's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Dysphoria
Moderate: Body horror, Sexual content, Blood, and Medical trauma
Minor: Cancer, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Vomit, and Outing
tiernanhunter's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Deadnaming, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Outing, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, and Blood
Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy
aexileigh's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma
clarabooksit's review against another edition
4.0
I will say, though, that I’m not sure who the intended audience is for this book. The art style and voice read very, very young but some of the content is very adult—nothing too explicit but there are frank, open discussions of sex and sexuality as well as some nudity. So, I’m going with teenagers? Maybe?
Aside from that, I enjoyed this graphic memoir. Kobabe’s humor, frankness, vulnerability and early 2000s nostalgia are spot on. I especially loved eir discussions with friends and family about gender and sexuality. It was also nice to see eir confusion. So many identity stories are about people struggling to get others to accept who they know they are but there are so few stories of people not really knowing who they are. I appreciated Kobabe’s uncertainty and how difficult it was for em to figure it all out.
I also liked the clean, easy-to-read art style. I do wish it had read more adult and I thought the narrative often felt pieced together, which didn’t flow well.
Overall, though, I’m really glad I read this. And I think you should, too.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Dysphoria
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, and Medical trauma
cozylifewithabby's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Medical trauma and Dysphoria
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content
Minor: Incest and Pregnancy