Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

16 reviews

vezreads's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

emadisonc's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Classism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Ableism

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Eye-opening and thought-provoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Ableism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual violence

book_lover707's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

though i didn’t agree with everything, i thought the observations on the roots of patriarchy were so interesting.
i also loved the writing style and found it easy to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Ableism

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

2.5

I don't love the writing style, but I don't hate it either. I kind of like it. I like stream of consciousness, pure, raw unfiltered thoughts but it also feels like they must've paid by the letter in the olden days :/

Virginia Woolf said nonbinary lesbian rights also Ginny girlie you would've loved Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema by Laura Mulvey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Classism and Racial slurs

Minor: Ableism

I don't like the phrase "fall on deaf ears" like deaf people can't help being deaf. They're not ignoring you on purpose. That's what I tagged ableism.

chaya_v's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

4.0

Although much has changed, this essay by Virginia Woolf still very much resonates today!! I especially enjoyed reading her conclusion and her example of Shakespeare’s sister. Very inspiring and happy to see some of her wishes for women did come true.

Some parts were bit hard to fully understand as English isn’t my first language. I’ll definitely give it a re-read at some point to have a more full understanding because her writing is very beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Classism

kers_tin's review

funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Classism, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

diana_raquel's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

 “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”

I always have a somewhat complicated relationship with Vírgínia Woolf. Her style, stream of consciousness, is a literary style that I struggle with. But I was really surprised when I actually could read this book the first time I tried it (Mrs Dalloway took me three times). And I really liked it! 

It is supposed to be a book about women writing fiction, but it goes much further. It talks about the role of women in fiction and in society. It isn't a book about feminism, but it is a feminist book, that I strongly recommend. It's one of those books that I think everyone should read at least one time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Homophobia, Classism, Racism, Suicide, and Ableism

aritag's review against another edition

informative reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Classism

Moderate: Racial slurs

tgowerjones's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs