Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma

3 reviews

calliejacob's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

Pleasantly surprised by how accurate the TV series turns out to have portrayed the real Anne Lister. By focusing on the part of Anne’s life that the first season portrays, this is a wonderful introduction to the real Anne before continuing with other biographies that tell more about the parts of her life that weren’t portrayed on screen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Abandonment, Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, and Chronic illness

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Body horror, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Animal death, Blood, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

lastsilversunset's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism

battybookworm's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Fun little peak into Anne Lister’s life. Doesn’t add much beyond the narrative of the show. It was nice to see quotes from the diaries to appreciate Lister’s voice and eccentricities. Also complicates her narrative with politics, which I think is something good to know rather than to gloss over,

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death and Religious bigotry

There are sections that discuss political/scientific views of the time that are inherently racist. Also some level of non-consent/questionable consent/mental ability to consent that occur between Lister and Walker.