Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

12 reviews

ajnagle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

stevia333k's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense

4.5

I found out about the author via her tiktok account knitting cult lady 

I want it first known i read only the part about the army because I've been encountering a lot of microaggressions lately over the military & i didn't have time to listen to the first 2 parts because of that recent crisis.

This book helped clarify how a lot of these horrible laws such as the no water laws were normalized in the military before they became laws. I often call racial capitalist patriarchy a dictatorship of war rape & the history of plantations bears that out, though she didn't necessarily know USAmerican history before joining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

svtephreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and War

daphnehumming's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

3.75

I found the army portions to be more engaging. I am curious of what she has to say about good versus bad leadership. It’s well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and War

dafyddclover's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

This book is so intensely personal and is literally what happened to her, so it's difficult to rate, but I think the quality of the story telling is really inconsistent throughout the book. Despite the efforts to create a through line, it felt like two different books, and ultimately glossed over a lot of what I would have been more interested in about her pist-cult life in favor of relitigating disagreements, telling army stories, and praising the military industrial complex even as she calls it a cult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

crybabybea's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

shermansays's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, and Blood

idontread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

thebranchlibrary_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

marjshopes's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail