Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

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

4 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

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

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

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