Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

26 reviews

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

Super interesting, a frustrating but important read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Death, Miscarriage, Racism, and Rape

reading_for_pluto's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Classism

cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.25

Highly informative book. Quite emotional and upsetting at times but really important to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chronically_theo's review against another edition

emotional informative sad

3.75

This book was incredibly hard to read. Reading about how people like you have been violated and dismissed never gets easier. It is interesting though if you are in the right headspace 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

ienbdri's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Classism

charbookchar's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Death

catherineleigh's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, and Rape

beatriks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

I listened to the german Audiobook version that is available on Spotify and I loved it. 
The history is of misogyny and discrimination and mistreatment goes beyond what I knew and is far more shocking than I thought. I'm planning to give the book as a present to some women around me. 

Highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Very interesting history of the trouble that women (in the West) have had regarding illness, medicine, and doctors. There's a consistent theme of women not being listened to when describing their own pain, with doctors deciding it is 'hysteria' or other sexist interpretations. Unfortunately, some of these attitudes still exist today, and I'm sure there are many women who have read this book who can relate to aspects of it, including myself. Some sections can be quite distressing, so I wouldn't recommend this to people who get particularly upset by the subject matter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Infertility, and Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Rape, and Forced institutionalization