Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour by Ruby Hamad

21 reviews

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Minor: Body shaming, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Deportation

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Some things you can’t unsee, and this book, you can’t unknow. Would’ve given it five stars except she lost me at the very end when one of the paragraphs came off way too reductive (e.g., blaming colonialism for homosexuality - totally lost me and her credibility, momentarily, on that one given homosexuality has been around since probably Adam and Eve). Otherwise, a deeply profound and compelling book stacked and supported by a ton of research, all fully documented with footnotes and a long bibliography. Lots to be learned here and great antiracism material for discussion and debate. The big question is who is courageous enough to be “woke” enough to listen and wrestle with all she has provided. I beg all people to listen (with the exception of that one paragraph I mentioned). Listening might save our planet and our species!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

jaiari12's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Classism

bookworm_leilani's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Sexual violence, Slavery, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Classism

lucy12345's review against another edition

challenging informative relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Minor: Trafficking

anniefwrites's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

Hamad covers a lot of ground with this book--from history to representation in the media, from workplace conflict to current events. I was grateful to learn about this topic from someone who is both passionate and critical. As a reader, I think having subheadings would have helped me keep track of the topics being discussed, but in general, it's a book that I'll be processing and applying over time. Learned a lot, and lots more to learn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

kayladaila's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

ill1terate's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

As a white woman I am always on the look-out for books that will help me challenge my prejudice and internalized racism. This book was great for reflecting on my own behavior and since I finished reading I have gone back and reread many chapters. I think it's a book that I could go back to at any age and still learn something.

I deducted half a star, since I would've loved for some chapters and tropes to be discussed further e.g. the dragon-lady and china doll dichotomy and Asian Feminism in general. Though, I do understand that the author isn't Asian and might be uncomfortable discussing those thematics.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment