Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie by Pamela Des Barres

3 reviews

rrrinacore's review against another edition

informative lighthearted slow-paced

4.25

I had so much fun with this!! The most honest and detailed insight into the rock and roll heaven of the 60s and early 70s I have ever read – including all the good and bad sides that came with it. It was a true delight to grow up with Miss Pamela via her diary entries and stories of endless crushes and affairs, backstage parties and the search for herself. As someone who is absolutely obsessed with the flower power movement and the great music that came from it, this look behind closed doors was more than I could have wished for.
I just wished Pamela would have handled all the problematic and terrible things that happened a bit more reflective and critical while looking back on her life, especially all the pedophelia and sexual assaults which she mentions so casually. But I think she also wrote a book on those dark sides of this era, so I will look into that and hope to find some more depth about those heavy topics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse and Toxic relationship

elenakperez's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

2.5

I skimmed the last half of the book. It was very interesting to read a first-hand account of someone in the middle of the LA (and global) music scene in the 60s and 70s, but the writing itself was hard to follow. It was like reading the diary entry of someone on drugs who had written all entries on drugs (and in some parts of the book, that was the case). It was full of made-up jargon, grammatical errors, and spelling errors. It was enjoyable for some of the content, but the style was not to my taste. Also, I tried to read this with the understanding and context that this was a time before many of the social movements we have today have advanced/now exist. It was still hard to hear about the abuse of minors and women talked about with such levity. And absolutely no comments on any of that in the MANY epilogues written.  Lastly, the foreword by Dave Navarro was weird and unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, and Murder

Sexual exploitation of minors and women and violence in relationships are dominant themes of this book, but talked about in a way that doesn't address them as serious issues

lezeeticus28's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual harassment