Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power by Jude Ellison S. Doyle

3 reviews

sidra's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

I know the patriarchy is everywhere, fucking up everything but I didn't see how the patriarchy is everywhere. This book is interesting. I can't disagree with her arguments. She focuses on media -movies/book - but also current events and news stories/history (serial killers). 

After reading this book I realize that in the ending of Game of Thrones the TV show,

Danni could never live because she's a danger to the patriarchy. Jon is the patriarchy's victory over another woman who tried to change the world.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, and Cannibalism

This book makes mention of a lot of graphic details of different aspects of the not nice things that have happened in society. From things witches were accused of doing to the devil to the way a serial killer butchered his mother. Everything is short and to the point. No elaborate details going on for even a paragraph. Enough to startle me but not enough to make me put the book down because these are things society does to women.

amandaquotidianbooks's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

This was the first purely feminist nonfiction I’ve read and I really liked it! I loved using horror media to explore femininity, sexism and the patriarchy. I’ll have to reread it with a highlighter in hand!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

barbsantos's review

It was a bit boring, lots of examples of the same thing

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Excrement, and Cannibalism