Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

21 reviews

lovetlr's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicide, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Slavery

Minor: Hate crime

triple_m's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely incredible. Really informative and interesting without feeling dense. This was probably the fastest I’ve ever read/listened to an educational book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

livlamentloathe's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I did not stop talking about this book for the time it took me to listen to the audio. I loved it. I was taught by majority-white school systems that didn't go into detail about much black history. And if it wasn't "relevant," rarely spoke on the racism of important historical figures. So I learned a lot from Mediocre. I appreciated Oluo's writing and tone (in the audiobook). She's an incredible writer. I appreciated her honesty and fear and her empathy despite it all. Sometimes I struggle to see things fully without changing my POV. It's important to read books like this in order to better see the magnitude of what we're facing. I hope we CAN do better.

I think this book is SO BRILLIANT. I loved the diversity of topics and how Oluo connected past to present. How she'd start with a relatable recent event and go back into the past then slowly bring it forward again. I especially enjoyed chapters which I didn't have much knowledge of: I didn't know much about Buffalo Bill or football before this book, being a fan of neither Westerns or... football. Those chapters were just informational frenzies for me and I parroted them daily to my boyfriend as I read.

In reading and recommending this book, I encountered a lot of defensiveness from others, which was frustrating. It's easy to be defensive. It's a natural instinct. But as Oluo said repeatedly, why do we get defensive? It's important to investigate these feelings and consider fully opening our minds; listening without our guard up. Oluo is a phenomenal writer. Please read this. Please recommend this. Please talk about this with your white friends and loved ones. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Bullying, Classism, Racism, Violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, and Hate crime

Minor: Racial slurs and Gun violence

This book is anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-classism. It's about how white supremacy has created a hateful and harmful system for minorities, especially people of color, in America. The trigger warnings I mention exist within the book but the author and the book is clearly AGAINST these acts. It does in no way promote them.

bookcasey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense

5.0

Required reading for anyone in the United States.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Genocide, and Colonisation

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Suicide attempt, Murder, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, and Homophobia

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Mass/school shootings

mads_jpg's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

An amazing and infuriating read, my only issue is one that I have with most nonfiction books, which is that I wish they took a more international approach rather than just America. But I don't blame the author for that, and if you're gonna pick a country to examine white supremacy, America would be the one...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Death, Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, Colonisation, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

haileybones's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Emotional abuse, Racism, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Mental illness

perpetualpages's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

CWs: References to sexual harassment, pedophilia, and sexual violence; discussions of white supremacy, racism, police brutality, hate crimes, and (reported) racial and sexual slurs; explorations of genocide, anti-Indigenous violence, war crimes, and chattel slavery; exploration of misogyny, deportation, xenophobia, Islamophobia, and antisemitism; some descriptions of online harassment, domestic terrorism, suicide, and gun violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Islamophobia, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Police brutality, Slavery, and Hate crime

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide

rachrreads's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

While I agree with many of the arguments in this book on white male supremacy in America, I found the flow of the book to be hard to follow. This book really just felt like a bunch of essays thrown together with the main points of the argument at the beginning and end.

I learned quite a bit through all these stories/essays though, so that really helped the rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and Xenophobia

traciereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Bullying, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Misogyny, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: Antisemitism, Cursing, and Islamophobia