Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval by Saidiya Hartman

5 reviews

slinkmalink's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

While this was an excellent history book, describing it only as a history book doesn't do it justice, I thought it was absolutely beautiful
It felt almost anonymous in the way that it sweeps through such different lives and ones that we don't hear about much and treats each of their dreams and lives as just one in thousands of both different and shared dreams, examples of individuals in a chorus, and yet also deeply personal in its treatment of all the women it looked at. 
I just thought it really brought to life in such a poetic way the people behind the limited (perspective wise and quantity wise) sources we have about black women after emancipation and I'm very glad I picked it up

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Racism, Police brutality, Slavery, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Forced institutionalization

katiewhocanread's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, and Pedophilia

gsher002's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Murder, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

antonique_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abandonment, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Death

mcmorgan's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence and Domestic abuse