Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

20 reviews

hannahshriver5's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

this was a very well-done exploration of trans history! Kit Heyam did a phenomenal job in presenting so many pieces and perspectives of the stories that they shared. their mindfulness of the topic that they were sharing on was evident, and i really appreciated that! highly recommend :)

notes: chapter 3 was my favorite! strong cw for chapter 5 in the realm of medical trauma/forced body modification. my only small critique was that in the introduction Heyam shares that they wanted to avoid using the terms AFAB/AMAB in this book as much as possible, however, they are used pretty prevalently throughout!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

jeti's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Colonisation

torismazarine's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism

starryeyedreads's review against another edition

informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

ashton_n's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Stunning work, and I hope to go through it again once I’ve thought about it. I wish there were more books like this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

chase0w0's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Dysphoria

joensign's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

kkpwnall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Colonisation

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

rachbake's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Colonisation

valkyri_anna's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Colonisation