Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

5 reviews

jeti's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Colonisation

starryeyedreads's review against another edition

informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Fascinating, challenging and most of all comforting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

arrr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Thoughtful as historiography, interesting as trans and gender expansive history. Solid attempt at decolonial history accounting. Read the trigger warnings, it gets difficult at times. But the book is mostly affirming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Transphobia, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault