Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

21 reviews

nycsquirrel's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

Written by two NYTimes journalists, this is written in the style of extended reporting. For this book, that's reassuring in that it's factual and they're not just trying to conflagrate a salacious story. What was horrifying to me was just how much the reporters had to dig due to how many people were involved in protecting serial sexual assaulter Harvey Weinstein and keeping these traumatized women quiet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape

hrhprincesimon's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

A lot of people think that the Kavanaugh part at the end subtracts from the point of the book being the Weinstein story, but I loved the lens that the authors used so much to detail these stories that I was glad to read Ford’s story in their words as much as any other part of this book. I was going to watch the movie but I heard it’s strange compared to the book (and I’m not really interested in watching depictions of sexual assault that the movie may or may not have) and honestly I got all I needed out of the book. Books by journalists about how they broke their stories may be my favorite subgenre of nonfiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

florapants84's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

jhbandcats's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

By now everyone knows the story of Harvey Weinstein. They’ve all heard about Christine Blasey Ford testifying to the Senate about the high school sexual assault perpetrated on her by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. This book goes through the process of two NYT reporters who broke the Weinstein story and who followed up on the Ford / Kavanaugh story, the reporters who knew what happened long before the rest of us. 

What I found most important about the memoir of their investigation was what happened after the accusations had been made. Kantor and Twohey explored how the very act of coming forward changed the accusers’ lives, and changed what was happening across the US in response. 

Excelling investigative reporting, this generation’s All the President’s Men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

nerdinthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism

onewoman_bookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

moonbebe722's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

rini's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Antisemitism

jourdanicus's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

This was a frustrating read for me. I wish there had been some self reflection on the part of the authors about how pursuing consent to publish the personal experience of a sexual assault survivor can re-traumatize the survivor. There didn't seem to be any awareness or acknowledgement of how the quest for consent to publicize a story almost mirrors the very coercion that occurs during the process of sexual assault. For some survivors, breaking a story is not a priority when they are trying to live their lives and heal.

I was also irritated by the unacknowledged privilege present in the narrative... it is so, so rare for sexual assault survivors to ever see the perpetrators of the assault come to justice, much less have the chance to fly on a private jet to travel to one's hearing against one's abuser... The inclusion of some details like that without examining how they could be different from other victims'/survivors' experiences really didn't sit well with me.

It's also ultimately frustrating to know that no matter how much privilege one has, there's no guarantee of accountability or justice in the case of sexual violence. That's not the authors' fault obviously. However, overall I did feel that in being caught up in the exhilaration of breaking such an important story, a lot of nuance was lost in regards to how that story compares to the "average" experience of sexual violence.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Cancer

frankie_reads2's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Stalking