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itschelseaw's review against another edition
4.0
The structure of the book was great; to go from initially learning about David Starr Jordan and how he broke from the conventional wisdom of the day, to learning how he imposed conventional wisdom on others, to eventually how he fostered eugenics in the United States (and gave the Nazi the blueprint for their genocide). It's a wonder that he's still celebrated considering how horrid he was at the end of his life.
The scene with Anna and May was especially touching; I couldn't stop crying while reading it. The tenderness they have for each other, the love and respect after all these years. My heart broke for Anna and incandescent rage filled me at David Starr Jordan and what he championed.
It's interesting how someone who devoted his life to understanding the natural world ended up ultimately having such a bad understanding of it. Unfortunately his misunderstanding of the world has led to terror and usurping bodily autonomy for far too many individuals. The twist at the end of fish not really existing as their own category of animals? Chef's kiss.
Moderate: Medical trauma and Infertility
cornfusedsnow's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault
cardboard's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Ableism
Moderate: Classism, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Infertility
strawberrymoonceci's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Torture, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Rape, Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Infertility, and Medical trauma
Minor: Death and Child death
maddiearthur's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Infertility, and Ableism
Moderate: Child death and Biphobia
Minor: Self harm
mirto's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Gaslighting, Infertility, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Grief, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Murder, Infertility, Infidelity, and Rape
emsim's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Classism, Rape, Self harm, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Death, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Suicide attempt
junefish's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Animal death, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Rape, Death, and Alcoholism
Includes content about the history of eugenics and the personal experiences of people who were forcibly sterilised.kateali's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Animal death and Rape
Minor: Car accident, Infertility, and Infidelity
books_are_magical's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Racism, Murder, and Misogyny
Moderate: Infertility and Emotional abuse