Reviews tagging 'Racism'

A Room of One's Own, by Virginia Woolf

13 reviews

chaya_v's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

4.0

Although much has changed, this essay by Virginia Woolf still very much resonates today!! I especially enjoyed reading her conclusion and her example of Shakespeare’s sister. Very inspiring and happy to see some of her wishes for women did come true.

Some parts were bit hard to fully understand as English isn’t my first language. I’ll definitely give it a re-read at some point to have a more full understanding because her writing is very beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Classism

kers_tin's review

funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Classism, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

blueberry0531's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Classism, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia

diana_raquel's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

 “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”

I always have a somewhat complicated relationship with Vírgínia Woolf. Her style, stream of consciousness, is a literary style that I struggle with. But I was really surprised when I actually could read this book the first time I tried it (Mrs Dalloway took me three times). And I really liked it! 

It is supposed to be a book about women writing fiction, but it goes much further. It talks about the role of women in fiction and in society. It isn't a book about feminism, but it is a feminist book, that I strongly recommend. It's one of those books that I think everyone should read at least one time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Homophobia, Classism, Racism, Suicide, and Ableism

arsenic_'s review against another edition

informative reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Colonisation and Racism

pastelkerstin's review

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Virginia, I love you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual content, Colonisation, Racism, Ableism, Alcohol, Suicide, War, and Death

tinyjude's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Some points were interesting and relevant even today, but others... were rather not it. It is very clear she is writing from a privileged and white position, so bear that in mind

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Ableism, Misogyny, and Classism

jenniferpalmblad's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Ableism, Classism, and Racism

feliz_in_a_bucket's review

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Beautifully written, fascinating exploration of the effect the patriarcy had and has on womens ability to write and the way they wrote. Was pleasantly surprised of the simiarities the writing style had to that of Woolfs 'The Waves' - writing in a sort of stream of conciousness that picks up the same themes and ideas over and over again. The ideas expressed in the book are ones still very much related to feminist discussions today. Definitely worth a read. However an unfortunate reminder of the time the book was written and the fact that (as the premisse of the book also suggests) Woolf was not among the least priveledged at that time - comes in the form of offensive slurs used a few times thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Ableism, and Racial slurs

utuisuus's review

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs