A review by lottiegasp
The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic by Emma

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

A nice introduction to a few different feminist and socialist topics. Lots of it was fundamental, so I wasn't necessarily the target audience. I'd say this would be a good read for teenagers and young adults. I learnt some things about birth (episiomities and that they are rarely actually needed and can exacerbate tearing). I liked her analogy about hijabs and burqas from a European perspective. And I thought she gave a good, clear introduction to bullshit jobs and universal basic income

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Police brutality

There are descriptions of birth trauma, as well as racially motivated police brutality