Reviews tagging Drug abuse

Are Prisons Obselete?, by Angela Y. Davis

5 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

hopeful informative fast-paced

4.25

I'd like to propose the opposite of Betteridge's law of headlines: Angela Y. Davis' law of book titles, which states that if a book asks the reader a question than answer as probably yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Deportation, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Rape

nickshutter's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Confinement, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Islamophobia, Drug abuse, Grief, and War

amberinbookland's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

lycheejelly's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual assault

jehansflowers's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

i dont really feel comfortable giving this book a star rating, but it was absolutely brilliant. its incredibly well written and very informative. she fits a lot of information into a small book with accessible writing. she makes a shit ton of brilliant points, with heaps of research, evidence, and experience, and both puts into words concepts that i could never accurately express, and shares multifaceted and very intelligent points that i never would have thought of myself. all in all, highly recommend for people who have been involved with abolition for decades, baby leftists, or for anyone you're trying to radicalize

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Alcoholism, and Addiction