Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

4 reviews

kayla_reads_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This was one of the best memoirs I've read. And the audiobook was narrated by the author, which made it even more impactful. I appreciated that it flowed chronologically, and that she has obviously had enough time to heal to accurately reflect on her journey in a somewhat neutral way. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

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

julschapman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

raquelcanread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail