Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Femmes invisibles by Caroline Criado Pérez

4 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Lots of great points made, and I think it’s a book important for all genders, especially men, to read. There’s a one star review by someone named Carey who made some good critique of the book. So it’s also important to check sources and keep a balanced view. 

For my part, I was having to remind myself that there are lots of men in the world that I like and respect and who have had nothing to do with architecting any of these issues, even if some are guilty of perpetuating them unconsciously. Having grown up in a double patriarchy (Korean family in the US), I too am guilty of this and could’ve benefited from asking more questions.

This was highly relevant to me, for example, as a pianist. I had to give up at a certain point because my hand span was too small. Rather than asking why the pianos couldn’t be made smaller, I assumed the problem was me. Or every time I put on my seatbelt, I have to use an adjuster because the seats and belts are too big for my body. (I really think there’s a huge untapped market for car manufacturers of they’d design and sell cars just for women’s body!!!!, like in the billions!!!!). 

What’s frustrating about books like this - nothing gets done, even though we know better. 😢 Plus, women generally outlive men and in poorer health for all the reasons outlined and more. So we’re also having to live longer in these awful conditions. The unfairness never seems to end…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

princess_lea's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective

5.0

This is a very important read for literally everyone. It’s extremely informative and incredibly frustrating to read as a woman. Especially since this book was written in 2018, and based on the events of the last years with covid, and everything else happening, nothing really seems to have changed. It’s not a whole lot of time that has passed but it’s important for things to change, and fast. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and War

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

I really wish there was an updated; post- pandemic, gender-neutral bathroom, Trump era, promotion of trans rights... version that incorporated greater recognition of intersectionality. I loved the contents of this book, but feel like there could be a broader focus on any data bias in the context of non, cishet white-male identit(ies). At points it felt a lot like a pure lit-review, but was informative nonetheless. A great and important read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

evnfig's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, and Classism