Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

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

8 reviews

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

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

templetoncecelia's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Deadnaming, Genocide, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

warlocksarecool21's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective

4.5

Before We Were Trans is a brilliant book exploring trans history in an intersectional way. The author shows how the history of trans identities overlaps with history of intersex people, women, lesbians, non-western cultures & spirituality and how they were warped by colonization. Dr. Heyam does a wonderful job of explaining the nuances of how trans history is interconnected with all those things above and directly questions how interpretation of history can harm certain communities even if unintentionally. This book was really thought-provoking and even if you have a good understanding of intersectional theory regarding activism and feminism, I still recommend this book because of how detailed Dr. Heyam is and how well-researched his book is. The audiobook was narrated by the author and I really enjoyed it. Although it might be worth getting your hands on a physical copy or ebook to at least see the names of the historical figures and communities mentioned. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Transphobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Fascinating, challenging and most of all comforting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ashstrausser's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Cultural appropriation

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Classism