Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker

8 reviews

corsetedfeminist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

I picked this up for Pride month, and it was exactly what I expected, in the best way. 
This is a book on trans history, written by a member of the trans community, which lends a tenderness, understanding, and poignancy that only a trans author could display. The love and respect for trans history fills every page.
The books also does an excellent job of discussing the ways different parts of the trans community were perceived in various times- such as the fascination with well off white trans women during the 1950’s while at the same time poor Black trans women were constantly roughed up by police, leading to the resistance that would eventually begin the fight for all queer rights. 
All in all, a very solid overview of the subject that is quickly recommend to any interested person

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

This was good. I learned a lot and had things refreshed for me, but because it was short it was just information after information and I found it hard to take in at times. If this was longer and things were expanded on I think it would have been more beneficial for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Police brutality, Murder, and Outing

booksbeyondthebinary's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Racism and Rape

purplepenning's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Read during the #TransRightsReadathon. A good overview, updated in 2017, of trans history from the 1950s on. It focuses on human rights and social justice in historical social context, but does include some scientific/medical history as well. The glossary at the beginning is useful, but be advised, as the author points out, that language can change rapidly, so it should be a starting point and guide to understanding the terminology used in the book rather than a definitive source for current usage.     

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Confinement, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Minor: Deadnaming and Suicide attempt

bendy_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book was extremely informative and enlightened me to so many different historical events and perspectives I wasn’t previously aware of, even as someone who is non-binary. I definitely recommend this for those looking for a well-written historical review of the transgender community.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

keeganrb's review

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Biphobia, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

somestuff's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Clear, concise, and informative. An incredible primer on trans history in the usa. 

Only nitpick is that I wish there were more specific footnote/endnotes that were more comprehensive though Stryker does include further readings and general citations for each chapter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

ashheinrich's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Medical trauma