Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson

9 reviews

julia_jojo17's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

sannesbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Didn't know much about Pamela Anderson going into this memoir. This memoir felt too quick of a recap of her life. Would have loved to see her zoom in on certain moments more. The memoir was too shoer and, because of that, not emersive enough. But I have become very interested in the person Pamela Anderson because of this memoir and will definitely also watch her documentary. If the memoir aimed to peak the readers in her, it worked. I feel like I want to get to know her better! She is an interesting woman that has an interesting and crazy life story.

I also loved hearing her memoir from her own voice. Audiobooks are my favorite way of reading memoirs. She really has a nice voice for narrating. Also, props to her for writing this herself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Violence

siebensommer's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

conflicted feelings are to be examined closely

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty

streberkatze's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault

mandaraffe's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, Rape, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Ableism, and Homophobia

gretchenplz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

This memoir was a good companion to her Netflix documentary, but it didn't offer anything new.

Also, she lost me in the epilogue when she preached about her dog being vegan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug abuse

iinasomnia's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Drug use, Misogyny, Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexism

maxgardner's review against another edition

funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

3.0

Though this memoir did not blow me away, it was still a good listen as Pamela has led an undeniably interesting life. Admittedly, her tone has a certain breathiness to it that took me a bit to get used to, but as usual, listening reigns supreme for memoirs as you get that additional layer of context you sometimes miss out on when reading. I think maybe what was missing for me here was a deeper examination of some of the more significant aspects of her life, such as her relationship with her parents growing up as well as their relationship with each other; her relationships over the years with toxic, abusive men; and the impact of slut shaming culture that specifically targets women like her. The insights she draws from these experiences often feel incomplete or are missing entirely. Part of this might be attributed to her attitude; she seems to be a very spiritual and positive person, and her reflections on her life are cast through this lens, which at times leads to them feeling a bit shallow. Part of it also may be attributed to the structure, which jumps between periods in her life without always providing clear transitions or clarifying seemingly contradictory details (her father has reformed himself but then is suddenly terribly abusive again, she's working with Playboy but then isn't but is still affiliated with them and attending their parties); while these variations are natural in the messiness of true life, the writing style creates confusion and, in turn, it's difficult to understand what these moments mean to Pamela or how she reconciles these contradictions. That being said, I definitely learned a lot about her life and have a lot of respect for the path she carved out for herself, and I enjoyed hearing her tell her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

lesty_gibbs's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

Echoing other reviews, her structure is quite non-linear, especially at the start, and that made it a bit difficult for me to get into, but once I could I really enjoyed this! I sort of knew of Pamela before reading, and picked this up because of an interview she did for Variety, and I found her captivating. 

This memoir is incredibly empathetic, clever, and thoughtful. For someone who was so incredibly abused, so frequently, by so many people, she still holds so much joy and appreciation for life, which really shines through. Her prose is really authentic, like you’re having a conversation with her. I also loved her poetry. I’m really glad I picked this up, started and finished it in a day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content