Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

33 reviews

hologlam's review

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Animal death

Minor: Addiction and Cancer

tinyflame4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Car accident, Colonisation, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Bullying

vixenreader's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

The great Canadian graphic novel, it is an exploration of what people will put up with when they need to take care of themselves, and how others will take advantage of those because of their lack of resources. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Xenophobia

Minor: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Ableism

Be aware that the novel does explore workplace abuse, hardship, and harassment. If you got out of a bad job, please read with care.

ehmannky's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I've been a fan of Beaton's work for years and I can say this is her best work. It's a deviation from the humor comics she's best known for, and she does such a good job. She details the two years she worked in the Oil Sands in Canada to pay off her student loans and the constant harassment and sexism and assault she dealt with in an environment that had a 50:1 male to female ratio.. Additionally, she also looks at the environmental and colonial cost to the First Nations peoples that came from the work she helped facilitate. It's interesting to see her move from naive to more critical of her time at the various companies she worked for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

chameleonhound's review

emotional

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Colonisation, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

l1brarygirl's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Rape

Minor: Drug abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, and Drug use

isbees's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Stalking, and Drug abuse

hayleymunro's review

reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Animal death

Moderate: Mental illness, Cancer, Drug abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Misogyny, Addiction, Death, and Colonisation

lmy612's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Honestly, a very upsetting recount of one woman’s experiences while working in the oil sands of Alberta. Having lived in Alberta myself, the sexism and objectification of women is prevalent everywhere. Even in town, where most of the women live with their young children, it’s there. It’s everywhere. Men get lonely and that is supposed to excuse disgusting and illegal behaviour. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Deadnaming, Infidelity, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Car accident, Colonisation, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Animal death

iirreeaadd's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

Very good. Very hard to get through at points. Complex and nuanced and difficult. Worth reading for sure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Grief, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death