Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

20 reviews

introverted_reads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Infertility, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, and Classism

joensign's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cancer

aus10england's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs

brassnbooks's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Enjoyed the various topics in each piece (especially the last) and how they can go with each other or be separate

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cancer and Misogyny

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

helenaruby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

meganpbell's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Published nearly 40 years ago, this iconic collection of essays, interviews, and speeches by the self-described "black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde remains as powerful, impactful, and relevant as ever. Here, in these brilliantly intersectional writings, Lorde confronts sexism, racism, and homophobia, all while inviting us to see the potential for political change in social difference and revelation in the erotic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and War

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

yaoipaddle's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Very very very good. My copy is full of annotations for quotes I liked, inspiration I found, facts and stories I wanted to look up further, facts I wanted to pull for reference when speaking with others. 

Definitely not a book to just read and put away without Audre's words tying themselves into your brain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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