Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Głód. Pamiętnik (mojego) ciała by Roxane Gay

5 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a fantastic book.  The author's reflections on her own body and life are personal, yet so many of the thoughts could be what any of us think.  While I'm not a huge fan of personal essays or memoirs, this one touched me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Medical content, Outing, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Vomit, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

ebuss4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Fatphobia, and Racial slurs

Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Eating disorder

nitar8's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Body shaming, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, and Eating disorder

jessy_03's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Racism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Physical abuse

tklassy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I don't have too much to say about this book but that it touched me deeply. Many of Gay's experiences are closely aligned to things I have had to go through in my own life, which at time made for really tough reading. I cried along the way, but also found myself laughing - Gay's narration was charismatic, touching, simple but laden with so man layers of meaning. The ambiguity of some of her thoughts, and how she wrote, was realistically complicated and spoke to my own experiences beyond words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Vomit