Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Happening by Annie Ernaux

15 reviews

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Abortion

Moderate: Misogyny, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Classism

pil4r's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

En El acontecimiento, Ernaux narra el despliegue de sucesos que tienen lugar a partir de que ella misma, 30 años atrás, queda embarazada sin desearlo.
Con una escritura simple pero contundente, la escritora realiza un ejercicio analítico sobre sí misma y su entorno que resulta más que interesante. Latentes, emergen la resignación y el enojo en torno a la desigualdad y la hipocresía que refleja ese entorno que casi siempre, y a conveniencia, mira hacia otro lado. Ineludiblemente, aparecen comentarios en torno a las mujeres y sus derechos sexuales pero también en relación a la ciudadanía y las diferencias entre clases sociales.
Cortita y al pie, en esta obra, Annie Ernaux se cuenta a sí misma de una forma tan singular como valiosa. Me interesa mucho ver si el resto de su narrativa apunta a ese mismo objetivo, a hacer de su vida trama.
Recomiendo sobre todo para interesadxs en la literatura del yo, en experiencias en torno al aborto clandestino y en la resignificacion política y feminista de lo personal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Abortion

suzyq's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

pipss's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Abortion

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

haunting, graphic, and so important. I don’t care what people say, I think this was an incredibly brave thing for Ernaux to publish at the height of her literary career and gives voice to many with similar experiences.

Really great knowing that my country has decided that abortions are no longer okay 🙃.  just such a comforting feeling, isn’t it??? I hope pro-life people understand that outlawing abortion doesn’t make it less common, it just makes it incredibly dangerous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Classism

n_li_re's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Medical trauma

mia_a's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Everything in this book made me feel anxious. Parts of it were sickening and horrible. Still, I feel like this book is so important, the experience of illegal abortion, everything that comes with it, anxiety, complications and even death, and why the right to choose is so so important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

helsbelle's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Abortion

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, and Abortion

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Miscarriage and Vomit

folly's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Abortion

Moderate: Misogyny and Classism

Minor: Sexual harassment