Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

10 reviews

glitterdeww's review against another edition

challenging informative tense medium-paced

4.0

I wasn't prepared for how much I'd love Rebecca Solnit's writing. Immediately picking up more essays by her.

Like any essay collection, there were some I know I'll reread and recommend multiple times and others that weren't in a subject where I have the most interest. But they are all excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, and Hate crime

arrowdodger's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Mass/school shootings

pingureads's review

3.0

 Some of these essays felt fleshed out and insightful, standouts for me were Grandmother Spider, Woolf's Darkness and Worlds Collide in a Luxury Suite. Men Explain Things to Me, the titular essay, felt simplistic and underdeveloped even for it's age and having brought this phenomenon to the forefront of the political and feminist conversation. The Longest War was a series of entirely-too-graphic statistics on SA and DV rather than an essay.

While the collection has some gems, it is not enough of a fundamental text to ignore the flaws of the discussion. Pick up a more nuanced and contemporary collection on similar topics of feminism and that will serve you much better than this does on that. 

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Content Warnings

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

angebrown's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

cynka's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Ta książka jest napisana bardzo prosto, ale według mnie to wcale nie jest minus. Dzięki temu, przeczytałam ją prawie na raz, wciągnęłam się i nie zmęczyłam czytając, a bałam się, że tak właśnie będzie.

Rebecca przedstawia wiele trafnych spostrzeżeń, mój ulubiony esej to chyba ten o równości małżeńskiej, jest po prostu genialny.

Dzięki tej książce mam ochotę czytać więcej tego typu literatury i bardzo jestem tej książce za to wdzięczna.

Ważna pozycja, otwierająca oczy. Nie rewolucjonistyczna, nie wstrząsająca, ale nadal cholernie ważna. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Murder, and Misogyny

Minor: Racism

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

laurenreadsagain's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

felt that this book was definitely a good intro into feminist literature 
i was compelled to put sticky notes and underline several passages in the book and solnit seemed to draw broad connections that i had never considered
that being said, i do think that the book could be FAR more intersectional and also seeming strayed from the point of the book occasionally 
overall, well-written and a good jumping point!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

aburns2's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

my_forest_library's review

informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body shaming and Rape