Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

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

7 reviews

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy

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

kylosten's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racial slurs

micaelacccc's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Classism

camille_abelanet's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I thought this was a very well done book. It's shorter than I had anticipated, so I blazed through it in one day, but I really enjoyed learning about the history of gynecology, especially as it relates to race and gender.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

nahae's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

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