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robinks's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Transphobia
Moderate: Death of parent, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Cancer and Abortion
lottiegasp's review
4.75
I thought it had really interesting perspectives about being queer, feminist and shunning societal norms while cherishing love and family. Rightfully so, a lot of feminism focusses on empowering women and genderqueer people to be single and child-free, to not be stuck in unfulfilling and unequal relationships, and to find and cherish love elsewhere. But for people who do seek and find love through their romantic partner and children, I think it is important to consider how to do these things in a way that does not simply reinforce the hetero status quo. This is something Nelson grapples with, while portraying how she and Harry have approached things.
At some parts in the middle I found the writing and references to other scholars a bit dense. Nevertheless, I overall appreciated the rich, aesthetic literary writing style, which is perhaps more common in fiction than memoirs.
Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, and Sexual content
Minor: Transphobia and Deadnaming
There are explicit descriptions of consensual sex. And detailed description of pregnancy and labour. There are some brief descriptions of transphobia, but the book focusses much more on trans joy. The author deadnames her partner once, presumably with his permission. There is a gutwrenching description of a parent dying, which is beautifully written but very sad.o3tri's review
1.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Cultural appropriation, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexism, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Cancer, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Transphobia, Homophobia, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Fatphobia, Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry
garynoplastie's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Stalking, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Deadnaming, and Infertility
Minor: Alcoholism
suspicious_salmon's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Death of parent and Pregnancy
Moderate: Dysphoria, Medical content, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, and Infertility
Minor: Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Excrement, Grief, Deadnaming, Addiction, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Terminal illness