Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Głód. Pamiętnik (mojego) ciała by Roxane Gay

226 reviews

crybabybea's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

Extremely raw and reflective. A super intimate look at the lifelong aftereffects of trauma. An emotional reminder to be empathetic to people, to remember that everyone is fighting invisible demons, and to be a bit kinder to yourself and others. I really appreciated Roxane Gay's intimate anecdotes about living under constant scrutiny, shame, and judgment under fatphobia. 

I didn't quite like the way it was written like a collection of short blog entries, it got a bit repetitive at times, but it is 100% saved by Roxane Gay's beautiful emotive writing. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

mads_jpg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Even more powerful hearing Gay's perspective in her voice rather than just reading the words alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Body shaming

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, Bullying, Vomit, Grief, Racism, Alcohol, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, and Drug use

idkimoutofideas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

graecus_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

outstanding memoir. great commentary on fatphobia and racism, incredibly intersectional. i really enjoyed gay’s reading of the audiobook, would recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, and Racism

leonkoenig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

gut-wrenching, but at times  quite funny, the best memoir i’ve read in a while

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Rape

elliv's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

alexandramillar's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

literautres's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

what a gift this book is. what a gift. it is everything to me i dont want to be apart from it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

bratlingling's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

Very interesting book about topics that I have not explored very much until now. Made me think a lot but was also way heavier than expected, there are quite detailed descriptions of rape, eating disorder, being treated very badly by society etc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Bullying, Body shaming, and Physical abuse