Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Stress: Warum Frauen leichter ausbrennen und was sie für sich tun können by Amelia Nagoski, Emily Nagoski

1 review

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative

2.75

This book was different from what I thought it would be based on the title, and it had a lot of helpful reminders and insights about taking care of yourself in a socially mediated way. However, the authors completely lost me in the penultimate chapter with the inner "mad woman" talk. It felt very disconnected from the compassionate way that the authors had discussed mental illness in previous chapters. They even unwittingly compared the inner "mad woman" to a demon. The 19th century called; they want their stigmatization of the mentally ill back. 

Other than that, the science that they presented, other than the part about completing the stress cycle, didn't really seem that new or groundbreaking to me.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings

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