Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

18 reviews

coleanne's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

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

manisitdas's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

maladaptivedaydreamer's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Torture, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Trafficking, Hate crime, Violence, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual assault

lpfoley's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is so much more complex and interesting of a book than I thought it would be. I sort of assumed it was going to be a snarky social experiment, but it’s a deep reflection on the violence and subjugation of women and the social and cultural impacts of that with stunningly beautiful writing.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

suzyvee's review

informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, and Domestic abuse

squiggidy's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Violence, and Misogyny

hannibanani29's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Classism

jasbeingjas's review

God this book dragged.  There's also some islamaphobic comments I can't ignore.  I think in general I need to remove a lot of these outdated works from my tbr.  A lot of what's being said has been said better by others in my opinion.  Sometimes the essays didn't even seem to have much of a coherent thought or point.  Also major trigger warning in the first essay.  It felt like the author was relying on shock value.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Sexual violence

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