Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

21 reviews

gailfoldenauer's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

annadigiuseppe's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abortion

librijess's review against another edition

emotional informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thebechdelbitch's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

Wow. This book was so much to take in, and I'm so impressed by how readable it also was. Such a broad scope of history and yet still retains a really personal touch throughout. It filled me with quiet rage, and incredulity at how recent some of our meagre progress has been - it put everything into easy-to-understand context and historical framing with so many examples and a strong narrative voice. 

The final chapters made me cry and also want to vomit. 

Approach with caution - triggers abound. 

An excellent, enraging read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

seventhswan's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

2.75

The arguments at the centre of this book are so, so important, which only makes it more frustrating that the quality of the historical research in here was... not great. The factual and historiographical problems other reviewers pointed out are largely inconsequential and have no bearing on the main point of the work, but their presence could undermine the rest of the book, which is a shame. I really valued the commitment made to calling out medical racism as well as misogyny, and was pleased that there were no TERFy overtones in the writing. I wouldn't recommend this as a history of women's health, but the ideas at the root of the book are sound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer and Domestic abuse

extraaardvark's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

justmehayleyb's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

Super interesting, a frustrating but important read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Death, Miscarriage, Racism, and Rape

chronically_theo's review against another edition

emotional informative sad

3.75

This book was incredibly hard to read. Reading about how people like you have been violated and dismissed never gets easier. It is interesting though if you are in the right headspace 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

pipn_t's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

Really good book, a little bit of a tough read.  Focused mainly on the field of gynaecology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, and Blood