Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

7 reviews

screechie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Information that should definitely be more common knowledge. There are some places in science where advancements & atrocities are woven together so tightly it’s hard to find the demarcation between them. There are also some where it is very, very clear that the knowledge gained wasn’t sought for out of curiosity with compassion, rather for personal advancement using every sadistic method available. Horror&gratitude nauseatingly intertwined after reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Classism

princxporkchop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility

sonik_junk's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

isabellarob73's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion

ashlyn's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Excrement