Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

3 reviews

molsreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.25

I liked this much more than Oluo's previous book. I thought that the premise and execution were well done. Oluo ties a lot of disparate threads together under this theme. I will say, however, that the beginning and ending of the book were stronger and clearer than the middle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Antisemitism, Police brutality, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Death, Cursing, Child death, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Ableism and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Displacement

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Thanks to Seal Press for the free advance copy of this book.

 MEDIOCRE is one of those books that makes the reader feel like they've put on a new pair of glasses and everything is clearer. So much of what Oluo dissects in this book are ideas that I've seen half-formed in many places, but she really expands on them and places them into the larger social context in a way that made lightbulbs go off all over the place for me. 📚
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The thesis of this book is that American men have been told the world is theirs, and when that wasn't delivered, they needed scapegoats - women, BIPOC, poor people - anyone who isn't them is taking away what is rightfully theirs. 📚
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Oluo traces several threads throughout American history - from the Wild West to the NFL - that have converged over time to bring us to where we are today. I feel like I have a much deeper understanding of these social forces now, and am better equipped to have conversations about them in the context of our current political landscape. I think if you are still trying to grasp all the reasons why Trump voters act the way they do, this book is a must-read. 📚
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Content warnings: Antisemitism, bullying, death, gun violence, hate crime, Islamophobia, mass/school shootings, misogyny, physical abuse, police brutality, racial slurs, racism, slavery, suicidal thoughts, violence, and xenophobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Bullying, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia