Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

4 reviews

dvy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Murder

jessmbark's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is by far one of the best memoirs I have ever read. It mixes poetry with history and has an instantly recognizable voice. A true must-read if you want to understand Black history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death, Sexism, and Xenophobia

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Police brutality

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

attempted gang rape

grei's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Before I start, please note that I am white, nonbinary, mentally ill, & neurodivergent and that informs how I read this book written by a Black revolutionary woman on her experience with racism.

This book is absolutely beautifully written. It is an autobiography that alternates between a chronological biography of her life and her experience with the u.s. prison & "justice" system. Shakur not only discusses her life & activism but also includes important history that the u.s. school system either lied about or left out to serve their own narrative.

An incredibly important book, perfect for anyone interested in u.s. history, the u.s. prison and/or judicial system, activism and learning to become an activist, and the u.s. Civil Rights Movement of the '60s and '70s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Trafficking

Before I start, please note that I am white, nonbinary, mentally ill, & neurodivergent and that informs how I read this book written by a Black revolutionary woman on her experience with racism. Though I've tagged a myriad of different content warnings, Shakur always describes and discusses them within context of why it's important, and I found that because of that her focus is not on the trauma or pain. She chooses to write about all her experiences as lessons learned along the way, and framing it in that context makes her writing much less emotionally triggering. She never goes into explicit or gory detail, but I put many topics in the "graphic" category because they are discussed thoroughly in ways that if someone is particularly sensitive it could potentially put them in a bad place if they are caught off guard.

This is particularly true of her experience almost getting raped and of her experience being pregnant in prison and trying to attain proper medical care.

The ableism I tagged is solely her use of slurs to describe some of the incompetent people she encounters; I only noticed it three or four times throughout the entire book.