Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

34 reviews

amelody's review against another edition

informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Classism

dollarsignimp's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation, and Classism

smileymiley550's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation, and Classism

meilanon's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Rape

geo_07's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: War

introverted_reads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Infertility, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, and Classism

joensign's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cancer

kay4eva's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: War

ynit_g's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Enjoyed the various topics in each piece (especially the last) and how they can go with each other or be separate

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cancer and Misogyny

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Like any kind of collection, there are always some parts that you like better than other ones but, overall, there is an awful lot to appreciate here and many interesting, challenging and complex reflections to ponder over.

There were a couple of chapters that I didn't much care about and, in places, were also a bit of a struggle to get through (for example "Notes from a Trip to Russia"; "An Interview: Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich", which was way too long, too much focused on their personal relationship, and also I do not like Adrienne Rich).

I have to admit that some sections were a bit difficult to understand, but that has more to do with me lacking in similar personal experiences and knowledge, than to any fault of the author. 

A lot of what Audre Lorde reflected on and wrote about back then still resonates deeply today. I think it will be worth it to read more from the author and then revisit these essays.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent