Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

20 reviews

freyaboobac's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide

frantically's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

3.25

A good starting point into interesting feminist topics. I especially enjoyed the part of the "Public Voice" of women and how it's able to be related to ancient times. I greatly appreciated Beard's thoughts on the #MeToo movement at the end of the book and how she puts them into the bigger picture of the book. These are well written speeches and Beard herself acknowledges that they aren't as fleshed out as they could be but I wish they had been! The length they're now, it all just feels like a very long introduction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Body horror, Death, and War

farrawayreads's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

rgoddard's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

iinasomnia's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Death

tajarvis's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

evieolive's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Really interesting, especially the references to my pal Metamorphoses 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Rape

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

i_dont_knoe's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

nickel's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ginameix's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

An excellent lecture by the wonderful Mary Beard on how our definitions of power and public speech are stacked in favor of men and how they have been since the ancient world. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Beard alludes to and retells several stories from the ancient world including Medusa and Philomela that include blood, death, etc. She also includes several anticodtes about sexism in current social media and threats to women.