Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

34 reviews

lookingforace's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

MOXIE GIRLS FIGHT BACK! 🤜🏼 
If I could give this 200 stars I would. My GOD how I wish this had existed when I was in high school.. but I’m so glad it exists now and I hope that every young girl has the opportunity to pick this up. My journey into feminism was less than graceful and took far longer than is comfortable to admit, and this is like a gentle hand-holding into a huge topic that anyone and everyone can relate to. The characters are deeply developed and nuanced. The story is a tale as old as time (with zines!). You will laugh, you will cry, you will rage. Equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking, 200/10. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

booklover26's review

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Cursing, and Rape

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Bullying, Gaslighting, Rape, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Infidelity

alexxmcc's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

siobhanward's review

inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

 It's probably for the best I didn't read this as a teen (or worse, a tween), because I probably would have tried to start a riot or something. It was a fun read for sure - I loved Viv and all her friends and loved the idea behind Moxie. I mean, obviously, it felt like a YA book because things were a bit extreme and some of their reactions were less extreme than I think an adult would go for (I mean, I think if people just started grabbing me at random in the school hallways, at this point, I'd do a lot more than leave a sticker on their locker, but I'm also 10 years older than the characters).

Anyway, I had a lot of fun with this one. Do you have to suspend your disbelief a bit as an adult? Yeah, but that's often the case with YA books. Still a really fun read and worth picking up as a fun palate cleanser. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault

sophie_kane's review

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I quite liked this book, it might be because it’s got a strong message of feminism in it and I truly are an avid feminist or if it’s the fact it took a serious look into the struggles of being a women with heavy topics of sexual assault/harassment and how important it is to fight and protest against these issues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

annniiieee_333's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Homophobia

lynnlovegreen's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Haven't read Moxie yet? You need to ASAP! Vivian is sick and tired of her high school, where the football team is priority #1 and sexist dress codes and harassment is routine. She takes a cue from her mom's Riot Grrrl past and creates a zine. What follows leads to a revolution.⁠

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault

amplawrence's review

inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, and Body shaming