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Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles
6 reviews
I will say this book was a struggle for me in two spots. One the book is deeply emotional, especially as a woman, because you see how many girls and women have had they live cut simply because of their gender. It breaks my heart to know that women have been under the heel of men for so long. That so many women have been killed or forced to live less of a live because of their gender. There were plenty of places in the book where I found myself becoming depressed and had to stop reading.
The second place I struggled was the fact that the book sort of because repetitive at the end. While I did enjoy learning about what women went through reading pages upon pages about how women have been forced to give up so many things because of who they are started to make me lag through the book.
Overall I think anyone should take the time to at least listen to the audiobook if not read it as well.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Lesbophobia, Colonisation
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Classism
Despite the language of their oppression being co-opted at every opportunity, BIPOC are rarely mentioned throughout the book. When BIPOC are mentioned, it is to serve one of two purposes, depending on their gender:
- Non-white men, of course, are the most violent of oppressors
- Non-white women show up as voices of wisdom to support whatever actions the white femme is taking at that moment.
The "history" isn't well researched either. Off the top of my head, I recall a whole bit about chastity belts, the use of which has been debunked. Of course, as a particularly cruel "invention," their creation was attributed to MENA men.
To sum up, if you say things like, "We are the daughters of the witches you didn't burn," or still wear your pussy hat with pride, you'll like this book. For everybody else, skip it.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Abortion
Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Colonisation
Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Abortion, Pregnancy, Colonisation
Graphic: Sexual violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Colonisation