Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman

1 review

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I don’t normally add a text review but this book was astonishing. Definitely one of the best books I’ve ever read. If anyone is interested in activism, and specifically direct action activism, they should read this book. If anyone is interested in healthcare, specifically community and public health, they should read this book. If anyone wants to better understand what it was like at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, they should read this book. I cannot say enough good things about it. I listened to the audio book version and because it tells the stories of so many people, it can been a little hard to get used to changing tenses and following who is speaking at a specific time, but don’t let that stop you from reading it because it is worth it. I work at a health library and will be recommending that we purchase it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Addiction

Moderate: Addiction, Abortion, Blood, Cancer, Dementia, Drug use, Excrement, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Cursing, Infidelity, Outing, and Police brutality