Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom

6 reviews

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

a place called no homeland is a solid collection of poetry, and - as always - sublimely, tenderly written by kai cheng thom. the poems delve into trans identity, diasporic cultural ties, relation to whiteness, self-love, some so aching while others insightful and technically impressive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

elliottjunkyard's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, and Toxic friendship

bashsbooks's review

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Thom's work is a must-read for white queers and cis queers everywhere. Tracking her complex relationships to race, gender, and her family, she does not flinch away from her experiences - fetishization, rape, abuse among them. She laments the ways in with the Queer Movement has failed her, and people like her, how we still have people who fall through the cracks in our communities, places where we are not intersectional. Some of these poems are tough to read, but they're all important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A truly beautiful poetry collection. This is so raw, so intense and so full of emotion that it was hard to put down. Some poems that really struck my emotionally were:

• between friends
• girlboy, you femme femme fabulous
• what the moon saw
• the funny thing about violence: six meditations on a theme
• trauma is not sacred

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Drug use

melissahawco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

gabriellejane's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective

There are a lot of content warnings for this tiny book of poems. I did enjoy quite a few poems, but I don't know how I would rate it so I left it blank for the time being. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Violence