Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens

5 reviews

tyrannosaurus_lex's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

4.0

This book covers the enraging and shameful history of gynecology in relation to the women who suffered for its advance: enslaved black women and immigrant women. The atrocities that occurred were torturous and steeped in heavy racism and misogyny. Very detailed, informative, and often difficult to read due to the subject matter and how angering it is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

cleot's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

My only criticism is that several of the quotes and anecdotes are repeated several times in their entirety, rather than just referencing the prior passage. Otherwise a very informative and important work. Brace yourself for some rough reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abortion, and Classism

Minor: Infertility

Content warnings are in line with the experience of black and immigrant women in slavery and indenture who were used without their consent to serve as subjects in research in gynecology via non-anaesthetized surgeries, to include accounts of the abuse and sexual violence they experienced in advance of seeking medical care. Very graphic.

lyzz's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Infertility, Terminal illness, and Grief

notapenguin's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Infertility, and Rape

Minor: Cancer

nat_montego's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Blood, Abortion, and Classism