Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

5 reviews

emath98's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Colonisation, and War

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Like any kind of collection, there are always some parts that you like better than other ones but, overall, there is an awful lot to appreciate here and many interesting, challenging and complex reflections to ponder over.

There were a couple of chapters that I didn't much care about and, in places, were also a bit of a struggle to get through (for example "Notes from a Trip to Russia"; "An Interview: Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich", which was way too long, too much focused on their personal relationship, and also I do not like Adrienne Rich).

I have to admit that some sections were a bit difficult to understand, but that has more to do with me lacking in similar personal experiences and knowledge, than to any fault of the author. 

A lot of what Audre Lorde reflected on and wrote about back then still resonates deeply today. I think it will be worth it to read more from the author and then revisit these essays.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

nila's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Classism

robinks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

What a powerful introduction to Audre Lorde’s words. I read so many lines over and over to let them sink in. There were such meaningful, clear anecdotes and heavy research to support Lorde’s points. This is definitely a collection I will come back to time and time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Homophobia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Police brutality