Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

4 reviews

rory_john14's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Torture, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

hellandhogwarts's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

vanessa_reads_a_lot's review against another edition

medium-paced

1.0

This is one of the worst books I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

ashlynhope's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Listened to the entire audiobook on a 9 hour car trip. I loved the narration and the subject matter really made me question my own motives and wants when I've participated in public shamings on Twitter and Facebook. This book is getting 5 stars because I think it has actually made me change my viewpoint on certain aspects of social media, and due to this my behavior will most likely change. Anytime a book changes me as a person and causes a change in my behavior, then I believe it deserves 5 stars.

I hope the author writes a book on more modern public shaming and especially cancel culture. This book is set from 2008 to 2015, and public shamings have gotten more frequent and brutal, especially when it comes to canceling people.

I'm definitely interested in whatever else this man writes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Its a book on public shaming, so the author does include some vivid comments from Twitter users made towards victims of public shamings. A lot of rape threats, death threats, use of degrading words (calling women c*nts for instance).