Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

43 reviews

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

5.0

It's appalling what happened to these poor women. I felt the book could have been shorter & the narration a bit less monotone, but I still enjoyed the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse and Abortion

Some of the pictures in the book are a bit gruesome.

mald626's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

roksyreads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

A heartbreaking and inspirational account of resilience and bravery in the face of corporate greed, corruption, and utter negligence, The Radium Girls is a must read for anyone interested in social and cultural history. Moore paints in vivid detail the women (and their supporters) at the forefront of the movement to hold their employer(s) to account, and whose actions made significant contributions to early workers' rights movements more broadly. It was a privilege to read this book again after first reading it in February 2020.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Medical trauma

jackslackofshelfcontrol's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

savreads28's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.0

The book was very informative on the subject of the Radium Girls. There was almost too much detail and getting through the book is definitely not for the weak. I listened to a lot of it on audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

infinite_harness9030's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Terminal illness, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

jonie_rich's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I thought this was beautifully written! Be that as it may, you’re going to have to be in a good headspace to read this. It is grotesque, heartbreaking, infuriating, and chilling. The post script genuinely caused me to gasp. I had to take a break a couple of days in and read something else for a little while. However, I absolutely recommend this book, especially if this is a subject or a time period that you’re interested in. The author clearly did her research. I learned a lot while I was reading it and found it very compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

ashley_briana26's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This book is a respectful telling of the lives of the Radium Girls. I came into this knowing nothing about them except that they existed and I closed this book only two days later and I have a much better understanding of the situation and the girls. This takes them from a vague concept of workplace safety and transforms them into real women that lived, worked, suffered, and died. The respect the author has for these victims is evident in her writing. This is not a bland statement of facts but a real story that’s being told that makes it easy to read. I highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, and War

fran_buesa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Infertility and Miscarriage