Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights by Molly Smith, Juno Mac

8 reviews

slowsho's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Deportation

beansandrice's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book has become the foundation for my feminist politics, my queer politics, my labor politics, my immigration politics, and so much more. Revolting Prostitutes swings hard with both theory and grounded real-life analysis, and may be one of the most profound political texts written in this generation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Lesbophobia

This book is a thousand things, but at its foundations it's a book about the terrible things that happen to sex workers. It treats all graphic content with the respect and dignity it deserves, and discusses this heavy reality as a way to build to a more liberatory politics. That said, it's still a heavy read.

kirstenf's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Murder, and Classism

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.75

It’s really really informative. I would almost say it’s too much information for such a small book. You have to pay attention at all times. There’s so much to know and it’s an excellent book. I love that it is a book about sex work written by sex workers. I learned so much. I definitely would recommend to anyone curious about worldwide sex work. I really appreciated the different government perspectives as well as their perspectives and what they think is going right and what they’re getting wrong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

tuesday_evening's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deportation

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Gaslighting

cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Did I like this book? Yes and no. Let’s start with the negative.

The writing style was quite dense and academic so although this is to be expected for a piece of non - fiction, it was quite inaccessible in my opinion. Additionally there was a lot on what is happening that does not help sex workers and very little in comparison on what would help.

Despite this I found it a very interesting read! Despite the slow pace, I was always reading more and enjoyed learning about an area that I don’t know much about. There was lots of data and references to further information.

Overall I enjoyed this text although I found it difficult to read at times which has brought the rating down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

snowhitereads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

 

Revolting Prostitutes is a non fiction book about sex workers’ rights, written by two sex workers/activists.

It’s a really short book but a powerful one.

It's a succinct and reflective book that offers real insight into the actual lives of sex workers and the impacts of various legal models.

I learned so much with such a short book, it really helped me understand the basics of a very complex situation.

It does not sugarcoat the struggles of sex workers, nor does it demonizes them. 

The authors are also honest about their privelege and shortcoming as white sex workers and activists and about how BIPOC and LGBTQ+ sex workers are often the largest of those targeted under the harms of laws/opinions against sex workers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Trafficking

tieflingkisser's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Trafficking, and Kidnapping