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Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
4 reviews
cameliam's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
One of the best and most important books I’ve ever read. It took me from January 2019 - February 2024 to read it and felt like a friend and guide through those years. The ideas and lessons in the book will stay with me all my life and I plan to read it again some day!
Content Warnings
Minor: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
This book explores the topical ways that women are oppressed in society and by their families or partners. It invites us to reflect and be aware of all the things women go through throughout a lifetime.bi_n_large's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Death, and Grief
Minor: Religious bigotry, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
marinaxanna's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
skipped a few pages because i just couldnt deal with this book anymore. ive been attempting to read this for years (got this 8 years ago) and thought id appreciate it more when id aged a little. well, lesson learned. after psychoanalysis number 737373 of yet another relationship pattern with a male figure i gave up.
this book was definitely written with a “one size fits all” mentality, and that is cishet women who wanna get married and have children. some parts felt TERF-like and patronizing. like as if somehow you are unworthy/unhealthy when you dont fall into this category of the book.
this book was definitely written with a “one size fits all” mentality, and that is cishet women who wanna get married and have children. some parts felt TERF-like and patronizing. like as if somehow you are unworthy/unhealthy when you dont fall into this category of the book.
i was trying really hard to like this book and turn it into something it was not because i love myths and spiritual archetypes. analyzing is great but not when its repetitive and washing down the original meaning of a myth.
i would *not* recommend this book to my fellow NB+queer friends.
and let me also say i feel like its incredibly messed up and disrespectful to repeatedly “use” trauma of deceased women you dont know (janis joplin i.e) to drive home a point.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny
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