Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

13 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense

4.5

she's JUST like me and its not even funny. i hope she having a good day. i hope she's having an amazing day every day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Medical trauma, and War

erezbalvanonyiske's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

rubbercitykitten's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Slavery and Torture

Minor: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Classism

cadybooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

Wow. I thought I knew her story but I knew nothing. The things this woman has been through. It’s eye opening. It’s horrific. It’s important. I hope everyone gets a chance to read her story and takes her advice to heart. She learned so much. She has much that we can learn from her. This is an essential memoir. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

witches_teet's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

Assata really has a gift for story telling and a wonderful sense of humor that adds necessary levity between tales of nauseating injustice. Because of this her life as a child in the segregated South, a teenage runaway in the streets of New York & a neglected and abused prisoner all remain equal parts captivating and abhorrant. 

Her time in the Black Panther Party really peaked my interest. She details some of the internal conflicts present during her affiliation. Some examples of which include the penalization of critical thinking amongst members, lack of separation between political and militant revolutionary action, and the abuse of power and resources by leaders within the organization. She also discussed how COINTELPRO exacerbated and even initiated some of these issues which ultimately led to the collapse of the Black Panther Party. I loved how she never put any particular person or organization on an untouchable pedestal & freely expressed her criticisms informed by first hand experience. She talked about the importance of self reflection and challenging unjust or illogical ideas even when presented by those you revere and respect lest you condone dogmatism & ignorance.

I really respected her international view of anti-imperialism and how she stressed the importance of global liberation regarding oppressed people. She also noted the need to acknowledge the shared evil root of white supremacy and patriarchy and how they intersect, something both black revolutionaries and white feminists often failed to recognize. So crazy reading the work of leftist black women from this era because so much of the ideology they pioneered is now common place so you forget how mind blowing this intersectional understanding of oppression is. Definitely a must read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

nashxra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

herelieshenry's review against another edition

emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, and Pregnancy

suzyreadsbooks's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Medical trauma