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A review by lavenderchamomile
Brazen: My Unorthodox Journey from Long Sleeves to Lingerie by Julia Haart
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
3.5
i think that at its core, this book is shows how being in a fundamentalist religious group can create lasting change in someone’s brain. she tells the story of how it impacted her, but you can also see how it was still influencing her when she wrote this book (even though she might think she’s completely free of it)
there are so many horrifically abusive relationships in this book….. like damn. she really entered the modern world in her 40s, and made so many mistakes. i hope she becomes more forgiving and compassionate towards the version of herself that was still figuring things out.
she also does not acknowledge the MASSIVE massive amount of privilege that she had/has!!!!! like oh my godddd lmao she had people giving her millions of dollars. i mean millions. just hundreds of thousands here and there, and she kinda acts like she did it all by herself. idk. i love her tho cause she rocks but she could do some more reflection :/
there are so many horrifically abusive relationships in this book….. like damn. she really entered the modern world in her 40s, and made so many mistakes. i hope she becomes more forgiving and compassionate towards the version of herself that was still figuring things out.
she also does not acknowledge the MASSIVE massive amount of privilege that she had/has!!!!! like oh my godddd lmao she had people giving her millions of dollars. i mean millions. just hundreds of thousands here and there, and she kinda acts like she did it all by herself. idk. i love her tho cause she rocks but she could do some more reflection :/
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment