Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

8 reviews

_caramel_'s review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mental illness, Racism, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Rape, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Islamophobia, Abortion, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: Racial slurs

vinett's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Misogyny, Stalking, Sexual violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Rape, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Bullying, Violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

meat_muffin's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Bullying, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Stalking

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Racism, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Acephobia/Arophobia, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, and Police brutality

Extreme, graphic depictions of rape, death threats, etc.

01_in_emilyon's review

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

4.0

Honestly, this was a hard book to get through; not because it was poorly written or anything, but because of the subject matter. I definitely recommend going into it with quite a bit of resilience and maybe even have a second, more lighthearted book on the go at the same time to break up the heaviness.
I'm glad I read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Sexism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Rape

alexbalmer's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.5

This was a hard read. Not because of the writing style or even the length of the book itself (just shy of 350 pages 🤷‍♀️) but just the topic in general was constantly jarring. I had to just stop and close the book on multiple occasions and rethink many encounters with men in the past…

It’s something I was aware of throughout recent years, terms like “incel” and “manosphere” have popped up in memes/tiktoks but the size of the groups mentioned and the real life examples threw me off. To see how many mass shootings and other heinous crimes can be directly linked back to the ideology of these groups is shocking, saying how little you hear the word misogyny used in a serious, non-mocking way in the media. (Usually paired with jabs at “feminazis” and groups that are trying to HELP MEN😒)

STRONGLY encourage anyone who spends a decent amount of their lives online (and on any form of social media) to read this. Even if you’re a bit older and feel like you have a grasp on how to interpret content/news/facts online.  

One thing that I will say (not necessarily a complaint or a mistake) but when checking the Notes at the back of the book for references on certain facts a lot of the time it would be news articles. Nothing really wrong with that except that throughout the book it is said how the media is quick to jump to conclusions when they haven’t done much research. I’m guessing Bates has looked into each sources thoroughly. Maybe it’s my own preconceptions that make me pause before referencing Channel 4 in a debate?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Homophobia, Gun violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Hate crime

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Islamophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Biphobia

beca_reads's review

dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

This book has major trigger warning's for Misogyny, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual Assault and was incredibly hard hitting and graphic.  This book puts what is collectively known as the  manosphere under a microscope. I had heard nothing about this before reading, and I defiantly have learnt a lot. Bates explores various different groups of men who hate on women, the most prominent being Incels, which have influenced other male hate groups over time. This book was sad and shocking as to how much these hate groups impact on life, their views trickling into the main stream media and Television. There was also a really good discussion about social media and the use of algorithms and how this often leads quickly to far-right misogynistic views. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

sadiefc's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia

This book contains unedited, real life quotes and messages of deeply disturbed, violent, racist and sexist human beings.