Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Estarão as prisões obsoletas? by Angela Y. Davis

33 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.5

Foundational text is foundational 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Death, Police brutality, Violence, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, Sexism, Racism, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, and Addiction

Lynching

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

A really useful and informative introduction to prison abolition. Davis' writing style is dense, but understandable - in less than 200 pages, she managed to convey dozens of complex ideas clearly and concisely. She has thought deeply about how the prison industrial complex interacts with a wide variety of identities, which gives the book a revolutionary and intersectional tenor that made me forget several times that she wrote this in 2003. It is still very relevant and much worth reading today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Violence, Confinement, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Ableism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Islamophobia, War, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Transphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Alcohol

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, Death, Sexism, Murder, Classism, Violence, Slavery, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

booksbeyondthebinary's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Police brutality, Violence, and Slavery

gatorskulls's review against another edition

challenging informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Racism

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Confinement, and Slavery

Moderate: Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Torture, and Classism

Minor: Murder, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Deportation

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Racism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Sexism

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual violence

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexism, Medical content, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

eve81's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Mental illness, Genocide, Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

oworthyfool's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Mental illness, Murder, and Medical content