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greenwillow77's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism and Cancer
waybeyondblue's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, and Dysphoria
bella_cavicchi's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Fascinating and deeply interdisciplinary, as is characteristic of Laing's nonfiction writing. I almost don't want to give it a rating because I'm not sure if that best captures the thought-provoking nature of Laing's work. I don't necessarily agree with every conclusion she draws (or, to be more accurate, I fear some of her argument is too "tidy" for space's sake), but I thoroughly enjoyed the journey throughout history. What, truly, is a body? The body's presence in the collective, relationship to the soul, role in the pursuit of liberation...? Questions I'll continue to ponder.
Grab this, and, of course, THE LONELY CITY too :)
Grab this, and, of course, THE LONELY CITY too :)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, and Xenophobia
Minor: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis