Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

11 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

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

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

helenaruby's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

yaoipaddle's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Very very very good. My copy is full of annotations for quotes I liked, inspiration I found, facts and stories I wanted to look up further, facts I wanted to pull for reference when speaking with others. 

Definitely not a book to just read and put away without Audre's words tying themselves into your brain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Classism

robinks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

What a powerful introduction to Audre Lorde’s words. I read so many lines over and over to let them sink in. There were such meaningful, clear anecdotes and heavy research to support Lorde’s points. This is definitely a collection I will come back to time and time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Homophobia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Police brutality

linguaphile412's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Sexual violence, Colonisation, and Classism

thepassivebookworm's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual violence