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maresuju's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexism and Abortion
Minor: Police brutality, Murder, and Pregnancy
vaykay's review against another edition
3.5
That said, I want to read more of Gay's more recent work to see how her voice and ideas have grown and changed in the last 10 years.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Homophobia and Abortion
Minor: Ableism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry
snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder
florizona's review against another edition
2.25
Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, and Rape
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Outing
itszosia's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Sexism
Minor: Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Murder, and Sexual harassment
leweylibrary's review against another edition
3.75
It is fascinating thinking about how these essays were written almost ten years ago and so many of the issues they deal with are still just as prevalent now. And not in a fun way, in a depressing way.
Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Police brutality, Abortion, and Murder
Moderate: Eating disorder and Toxic relationship
ginimeh's review against another edition
2.5
There were a lot of points where I thought "if I read this as a teen back when it was published I'd be able to take so much from it" and some thoughts and sentences are a welcomed gift for the next arguments I'll have with sexists or racists but further than that it didn't give me much. The only thing I really take away from it is that 2014 was still a year when "being feminist" meant to be a woman, to only talk about two genders, to mix up liking a specific color and shaving your legs is the same as supporting being a bad feminist. Honestly the last chapter accomplished to ruin the book for me. 2014 is almost a decade ago but if you write a book about feminism (no matter if it's about your perspective or the lense of media and society) I think one should look at the big scope of privilege and not only brush them while talking about two main points or axes of intersectionality. But maybe I'm putting to much responsibility on the author and thereby proof her point that we expect a lot from feminism.
Also I read it in German and the translation were horribly stiff sometimes.
Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Sexual harassment
lubarbara's review against another edition
3.0
Sin embargo, hay experiencias universales que vivimos todas las mujeres y se encuentran muy bien retratadas. La invitación a cuestionarnos, pero a ser más pacientes y amorosas con nosotras mismas es muy clara y necesaria.
Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Slavery
Moderate: Child death, Hate crime, and Murder
kia_y_k's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Sexual harassment
taviarz's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Sexual harassment