Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

I monologhi della vagina by Eve Ensler

5 reviews

lucymoosie's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

3.75

A powerful and essential read. This play holds the real stories of millions of women who have experienced awful sexual violence and who join millions of others seeking to reclaim and celebrate the word vagina. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Violence, and Misogyny

shewantsthediction's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexism, Transphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Excrement, and Physical abuse

bella_zaga's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abortion, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Sexual violence

alexorr's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Transphobia

magdagug's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

disclaimer: the version I listened to was a Polish translation of the 20th anniversary edition of The Vagina Monologues

This book is split into two distinctive parts. The first is the actual monologues and the second one is the history of Eve Ensler's activism, V-Day, and One Billion Rising. The monologues are interesting, challenging and upsetting. The fact that they feel very relevant over 20 years after the first show is a huge plus of the book and disheartening fact about our world. I would recommend the monologues to every woman, person with uterus, parent of an afab child etc. (That being said they could potentially be very triggering, so watch out for that!). I was pleasantly surprised that there's a monologue from the perspective of a trans woman. I'd give this half of the book 4 stars. 

Unfortunately, the mid-way point marks a huge drop in quality. The second half of the book is an overly detailed account of V-Day and One Billion Rising. I found it disappointing and, frankly, boring. There were some interesting tidbits in there, but they were drowned by lots of unnecessary details, like the amounts of money that V-Day collected in a particular year or the line-up of a charity concert. I wish this part were heavily edited and shortened. 2 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Transphobia