arilaurel's review
4.0
After many dog-eared pages, I have to give this book a solid 4 stars. It's a fast read, and if you're looking for specific information on best practices, accountability processes, support networks, there are a lot of clear how-tos and useful examples that will be part of important considerations in the future. If you're looking for stories of personal experiences that explain the nuances of abuse as it intersects with queer identity, disability, race, the justice system, or immigration status, that's there too. I'm a skeptic of transformative or restorative justice, but there were enough strong ideas here for me to engage with them. I did not read the entire book closely. I flipped through and found what I needed, and it gave me more than enough to think about.
holdenprobably's review against another edition
4.0
wonderful theories and stories about transformative justice and community accountability as well as self-accountability! i really enjoyed most of the book, but there were some portions that did leave me a bit on edge in terms of language that is outdated or reflects common terf ideas. Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha addressed this in an introduction written almost ten years after the book was originally published, but i was still uncomfortable at some points
em_north's review
5.0
This anthology isn't perfect and some of the pieces reinforced some of the potential harms of "restorative justice" frameworks. I'm still giving it 5 stars (rounded up) because it contains so many practical and nuanced analyses/tools that are sorely needed.
chervbim's review
4.0
Overall solid anthology - I especially liked the essays by Peggy Munson, Connie Burk, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, the roundtable about surviving as a sex worker. I skipped the Chrysalis Collective thing though — I don’t have time for that shit.
choirqueer's review
5.0
This is an extremely important collection of writings addressing the realities of intimate violence in activist communities and what we can do about it. Authorship includes writers of many different genders, races, nationalities, dis/ability statuses, class/economic status, sexual/romantic orientations, and other axes of privilege/marginalization.
cw: includes detailed/graphic descriptions of individual and systemic violence experienced and/or witnessed by the people writing about it
cw: includes detailed/graphic descriptions of individual and systemic violence experienced and/or witnessed by the people writing about it
avoryfaucette's review
5.0
I would recommend this anthology as must-read for progressive activists. The authors address interpersonal violence in activists' lives, particularly from a woman-of-color perspective, addressing the ways in which interpersonal violence harms activists and activist work. These essays also offer practical solutions, idealistic in their vision and realistic when describing challenges. With a focus on transformative justice, this volume gives activists actual strategies to address violence without over reliance on an inadequate and violent state.