Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women by Anushay Hossain

2 reviews

tender_onion's review

informative medium-paced

3.5

With the exception of quoting others, the language chosen by the author is cisheteronormative, and almost exclusively describes experiences of cisgender women. 

This was a bit of a let down for a book that was otherwise intersectional, as it failed to share/reflect on how many of the topics discussed also impact trans people, and not just people who were assigned female at birth (including trans men, trans women, nonbinary folks, two-spirit people, agender people, gender nonconforming folks, and everyone else whose gender resides outside of the gender binary). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bxtskr's review

informative sad fast-paced

3.75

With a very rare exceptions (notably the parts regarding covid) this book doesn't say anything that hasn't been said by radical Black feminists and health advocates for decades but then comes to extremely liberal, half-assed solutions. I've never so much agreed with the premise and hated a conclusion in this field. Also an unnecessary amount of praise for Pres. Biden's work on VAWA without mentioning the accusations of violence against him!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Classism