jainabee's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Abandonment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pedophilia, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Racism, Mental illness, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Drug abuse, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Racism, War, Xenophobia, Genocide, and Hate crime
Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Fire/Fire injury
I need to read this book again. And probably again.aqtbenz's review against another edition
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Suicide
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, and Pedophilia
badmom's review against another edition
5.0
Despite its rich breadth & depth, this study flows beautifully and offers valuable insights in its trek to answers.
Graphic: Sexual content and Rape
Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Pedophilia, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Transphobia
ktdakotareads's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Drug use, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicide, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Racism
mmccombs's review against another edition
4.5
I do think the conclusion, which more or less boils down to “there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” is kind of a weak way out. Some people might come out of this saying “phew, I can watch X movie and not feel bad about it” and I’m just unsure if that’s exactly the most productive outcome of a book like this. Sure, we can’t consume/not consume our way out of a huge systemic issue of abuse in the art industry, but what other method, as individuals, can we leverage in an attempt to show the industry (and our peers) that we do not condone behavior like this? I would have liked to see her push beyond her “well, what can you do?” ending to do something more constructive, it was not super satisfying and felt like a cop out.
I think I’ll be reflecting on this one for a while, I’m already excited to come back to it!
Graphic: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape
lifeinpoetry's review against another edition
Graphic: Rape and Pedophilia
smfaehnle's review against another edition
4.25
Minor: Domestic abuse, Racism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Sexism, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Abortion, and Abandonment
cpalmerpatel's review against another edition
I'm not entirely sure who's the intended audience for this book. Other film critics? Or maybe her usual audience? ie the people that turn to film critics as the authority on whether a film is good or bad. She drops in names of people without explaining 1) why they're famous and 2) what they've done that was monstrous, assuming you already know and it leaves you turning to google to fill in the gaps. When she discusses a film, she talks about characters and setting in a way that assumes that everyone has seen it and appreciates it's "genius". I'm not convinced that any work of art can be described as "genius" and it left me with the feeling that the author wrote the entire book in order to justify why she continues to love her favourite movies even though the men creating them were rapists.
She also focused more on men and when the discussion turned to women it centred on the classic dillemma of the working mother trying to balance mum mode with work mode, except exasperated here because art ("real art"?) isn't "work" but a madness or passion.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual harassment, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Incest
Moderate: Genocide, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexism, and Transphobia
dexkit10's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Abandonment, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia