Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

16 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense

4.5

she's JUST like me and its not even funny. i hope she having a good day. i hope she's having an amazing day every day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Medical trauma, and War

daddypim's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

erezbalvanonyiske's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

joezapps's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

My neighbor gave me their copy of the book when I said that I only found out about the Attica uprisings when watching Dog Day Afternoon. Attica itself comes up only once in the book to my knowledge, but Assata Shakur links it and the countless other racist, imperialist, & violent actions of America to her own tragic history, and then weaves that into to the lived experiences of black americans in the past, present and future, and to the taught narratives and history of the state that are remnants from our slave owning past.

Assata Shakur does this with pinpoint precision, does not mince her words once, but brings simultaneously such empathy and humor. It's a rare text that illuminates the love and care in revolutionary movements. Specifically shedding the preconceived notions from the state & media about the Black Panthers & Black Liberation Movement, but also notes criticism to how the movements fell apart (though the blame is mainly rested on COINTELPRO as it should be).

This is an essential text I believe, and one I will be returning to often. What may bring me back the most, is the incredible poetry scattered throughout, the opening poem in particular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

Moderate: Sexual assault

peachblossomreads's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

cadybooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

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

doomluz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A powerful and important read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, and Police brutality

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual assault

nashxra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

gwimo's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault