Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

11 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

2.75

I’m unsure why this book has become so popular. The theory the author puts forth is somewhat incoherent and is held together by a bunch of anecdata. I’m glad I read it so that I can be aware of its presence in the zeitgeist, but I got very little of the actual content. The author contends her little with colonization in her book, which I feel is a huge absence. She seems like the kind of person who wants to “save the soul” of America, when I’m over here shouting #landback. At the end she gives an impassioned plea for everyone to just be exposed to the true nature of US history, that that would cause everyone to wake up and fight for justice. I really don’t think that’s the case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Abortion, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Casteism

cnjg88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Deportation

readandfindout's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny

robbiehuman's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer and Cultural appropriation

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Murder, Classism, and Deportation

oliviatheolive's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and War

madradstarchild's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Torture

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Racial slurs, Rape, Colonisation, War, and Classism

junefish's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, and Religious bigotry

julied's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Murder

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Misogyny, Slavery, and Xenophobia