Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

18 reviews

_verena_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

 4.25 ⭐

2008
Ich weiß immer noch nicht, warum Sallie und ich überhaupt zu dieser Party am Waldhang oberhalb von Aspen gegangen sind...

- Wenn Männer mir die Welt erklären, p. 1

In 9 Essays seziert Rebecca Solnit was es bedeutet als Frau im Patriarchat zu leben. Angefangen von der selbstverständlichen Überheblichkeit von Männern gegenüber Frauen bis zu #YesAllWomen. Sexual entitlement, Kassandra-Syndrom und Großmutters Spinne.

Ein lesenswertes Buch, welches ich mit 5 Seiten Notizen in Docs beende :)

... Die Emanzipation der Frau wurde oft als Bewegung dargestellt, die darauf abzielt, die Macht und Privilegien von Männern zu beschneiden oder sie ihnen ganz wegzunehmen... wir sind entweder gemeinsam frei oder gemeinsam unfrei. Wer glaubt, er müsse gewinnen, dominieren, bestrafen und uneingeschränkt herrschen, ist mit Sicherheit alles andere als frei...

- Wenn Männer mir die Welt erklären, p. 55

... Frauen ans Haus gefesselt, um ihre erotischen Energien unter Kontrolle zu halten, was in einer patrilinear organisierten Gesellschaft erforderlich... In matrilinearen Gesellschaften ist diese Art von Kontrolle eher unwesentlich...

- Wenn Männer mir die Welt erklären, p. 99

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

coleanne's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

salsbookcorner's review against another edition

reflective

3.75

Not what I was expecting and was definitely reflective and informative, a lot of statistics shared. I did become distinctly aware that this writing was coming from an American cis white woman’s perspective and it failed to take into account some women’s perspectives outside of that point of view, but an important read nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

The author shares a lot of important statistics on violence and crime against women and some of these crimes are described.

chamomile_calm's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Sexual harassment

squiggidy's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Violence, and Murder

hannibanani29's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Classism

snd1101's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Murder, and Sexual harassment

plethorian's review against another edition

Maybe I'm just in the wrong place/too late for this one but it didn't take long for me to see why there was a significant publication of BIPOC-focused feminism books since this came out. Just felt like a book lacking nuance, and relying on shock-factor. There's no need to just list every incident of sexual violence as a way of convincing the reader that your premise is legitimate. I'm good.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Minor: Trafficking and Kidnapping

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

this was hard to read at times, but i enjoyed how accessible the essays were 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol

pollyflorence's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment