Reviews tagging 'Racism'
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close, by Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman
13 reviews
carolineberry12's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Cancer and Racism
bgirl_jazz's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Racism
lydvos's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Cancer and Grief
Minor: Racism
maggies's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Chronic illness, and Mental illness
Minor: Toxic relationship, Cancer, Racial slurs, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Fatphobia
amykwrites's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Racism and Sexual harassment
Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Drug use
cheye13's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Chronic illness, and Racism
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Medical content, Racial slurs, and Death of parent
eschorrlesnick's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Blood and Medical content
koreanlinda's review against another edition
4.5
My "big" friend, Christine, recommended this book. They said, "it made me think of you." Reading the book made me think of them as well, along with my other big friend, Heena. I ordered a copy and sent it to her to make the full circle of the big friendships in my present life.
The book brought me more than just the satisfaction of reading a good story. Amina and Ann's proclamation of the importance of their friendship, along with friendship among women at large, validated my friendship with female friends. It was true that they have been the fundamental bolster in my life through highs and lows.
It was helpful to read all the research findings Amina and Ann shared in the book about how friendship affects the quality of our lives and how understated, underresearched, and underappreciated it is in our culture, in contrast to romantic relationships or parent-child relationships.
Having both of my big friends physically far away from me, reading the testimony of Amina and Ann's long-distance friendship made me feel assured that my long-distance big friendships can last and thrive as well. In fact, there is not a day I don't feel connected with my big friends. They are there at my day-in and day-out. There is nothing I wouldn't share with them. I thank Amina and Ann for writing this book-length love letter to each other, which now I am going to use to show my love for my big friends, Christine and Heena.
Review by Linda (she/they)
Twitter @KoreanLinda
Letter writer at DefinitelyNotOkay.com
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Misogyny
hermithebs's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Chronic illness, Cancer, Racism, and Xenophobia
aqtbenz's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Medical content and Racism