Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

12 reviews

hyena's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

angstyweeaboo's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

geerbeer's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

1.0

Just not my cup of tea. I already knew all of this, because of American Horror Story Asylum, which I would recommend to anyone who can handle scary/eerie things 🤷🏻‍♀️😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death

lycheeteareads's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Death, and Medical content

scottnap's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

anhedonia_n_anomie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

In 1887, 23 y.o. investigative journalist Bly easily gets herself committed to NYC's Women's Lunatic Asylum to report on conditions which are shockingly neglectful & cruel w/most patients not even ill

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual harassment

alyssamakesart's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

4.0

Some transitions, especailly in part one, were kinda jarring I thought maybe the pages were stuck together. I don't think it was just the art, but the writing adaption elements too. By parts 2 & 3, it was great, though. I'm not sure if this is the artist' main style - but what was chosen was really cool because it fit the time period well. Also I was getting Junji Ito vibes from the way horror was depicted and the use of black and white only (no greys).

I encourage you to read the afterward of the book. I read this adaptation less than a week after NYC Mayor Adams (I'm in TX, not NY) pushed for forced institutionalizing (more than what's already allowed) in order to clear out homeless people despite the data pushing for a housing-first approach for good results, —and this book really hit in that respect. I didn't count off for this, but it would've been nice to include resources for more reading other than for aid for those in need of resources. (Which by the way was really important and something that shows the motivation for adapting the text.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Torture, Violence, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Misogyny and Xenophobia

zamyatins_fears's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

There are certainly are more extensive works on the subject, but this is a good read for anyone interested in it for the historic importance. The woman known as Nellie Bly (pen name) was one of the earliest investigative reporters. It's terrifying how easily she was able to get herself committed to an insane asylum. Just as it's heartbreaking to read about just the abuses she witnessed or heard many accounts of. Modern works may be a bit more in-depth on these kinds of abuses, but Bly was instrumental in getting more funds diverted to the care of those suffering on Roosevelt Island and was instrumental in the call for reform. A bit of a slow start, but a quick read once she is declared a "hopeless case" and shipped off to the asylum. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Written in WW1 originally for the papers, so the abuses mentioned are stated factually, but without graphic descriptions.

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Rape