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A review by jadehusdanhicks
Home Body by Rupi Kaur
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Surviving and suffering
Mental health
Victimisation
Toxic and or abusive relationships
Sex
Capitalism and its effects
Identity. Being Sikh and acknowledging the 1984 genocide
Race and racism
Misogyny
Inclusion in feminism (trans inclusive)
Love
loss
trauma
healing
femininity
and migration
loss
trauma
healing
femininity
and migration
The many themes present within this book. I particularly loved some of the ones addressing and calling out the ineffectiveness of white feminism and its exclusionary practices. Additionally, I think it’s great that Kaur draws attention to her family’s historical traumas such as the Sikh genocide ontop of personal traumas such as the themes of rape we’ve seen through all three collections.
Titles in this collection are mind heart rest awake.
It feels like it’s a therapy, both for Kaur to write and to read and to relate to. Throughout reading these collections I’ve grown a great appreciation for Kaur’s writing and for her willingness to share some of these tough experiences with the world.
I think these are a great entryway into poetry, with a mostly short format of simple stanzas and then the rare more intricate poem that takes up a few pages.
It feels like it’s a therapy, both for Kaur to write and to read and to relate to. Throughout reading these collections I’ve grown a great appreciation for Kaur’s writing and for her willingness to share some of these tough experiences with the world.
I think these are a great entryway into poetry, with a mostly short format of simple stanzas and then the rare more intricate poem that takes up a few pages.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Grief, and Colonisation