Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

27 reviews

plethorian's review against another edition

Maybe I'm just in the wrong place/too late for this one but it didn't take long for me to see why there was a significant publication of BIPOC-focused feminism books since this came out. Just felt like a book lacking nuance, and relying on shock-factor. There's no need to just list every incident of sexual violence as a way of convincing the reader that your premise is legitimate. I'm good.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Child abuse, Child death, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Kidnapping and Trafficking

mallory10100's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

this was hard to read at times, but i enjoyed how accessible the essays were 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexism, Biphobia, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Suicide

Minor: Bullying, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abortion, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Cancer, and Domestic abuse

pollyflorence's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Misogyny

sadie_g's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

This collection of essays were very good and I’m very glad I read them. They were all pretty insightful and they helped me to understand some things more and to look at others in a different way. The things in this book are definitely not a comfortable topic but it is definitely one that needs to be had.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia

vikiotermin's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

Tiene un lenguaje muy accesible, es facil de leer y es corto asi q no resulta pesado. Un basico q sin duda todos deberiamos leer. 
En ocasiones resulta repetitivo pero nada muy molesto 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

elmcdonough's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Murder, and Domestic abuse

meemawreads's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Rebecca Solnit is one of my deities. I dog ear so many pages in her books. I have to admit I liked The Mother of All Questions better than this one, between the two I recommend that one more. I was a little lost in the Virginia Woolf essay, and more than once I found myself wishing for an updated essay or two (this was published in 2014, and as an example the Me Too movement erupted since then and would fit into this narrative.)  Still a valuable read if a little dated in 2022. Four taters 🥔🥔🥔🥔/🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Nothing overtly graphic, but consistent mentions of violence against women in many forms.

bluelight07's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

erimakii's review

reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Mass/school shootings

ilka_dorothea's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence