Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Are Prisons Obsolete?, by Angela Y. Davis

13 reviews

oworthyfool's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Mental illness, Murder, and Medical content

sydneybedell's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, Slavery, Sexism, Racism, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Police brutality

itszosia's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, and Police brutality

biljnavjestica's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexism, Classism, and Forced institutionalization

flamingtashhh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I mean, it’s a classic for a reason. Often cited and never replicated, Davis’ work just had me unraveling question after question. I feel like a lot of the material that she covered is material I’m familiar with at this point, but because her work has been cited so often. 

Some things I’d like to explore more following this book:
1. The colonization of the land by prisons. What effect on the environment and our connection to it does the logic and PHYSICAL fact of prisons have? 
2. Racial capitalism and borders. How does the global migration of labor impact prisons? What similarities does this share with the Atlantic Slave Trade? 
3. Gender-making and prisons. What does the logic of prison reform do to our notions of gender? How is this related to colonial notions of gender and citizenship? 
4. Punishment and violence, specifically an expansion of the idea that domestic and sexual violence is the basis of punishment in women’s prisons. 

There’s more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Colonisation, Classism, Torture, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Injury/injury detail, Death, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization

sienafarr's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book even if you don’t agree with abolition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Sexism, Classism, and Murder

nickshutter's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Confinement, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Islamophobia, Drug abuse, Grief, and War

amberinbookland's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

drugstore_cowgirl's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexism

lycheejelly's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual assault