Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

17 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

hopeful informative fast-paced

4.25

I'd like to propose the opposite of Betteridge's law of headlines: Angela Y. Davis' law of book titles, which states that if a book asks the reader a question than answer as probably yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Deportation, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Rape

itszosia's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, and Police brutality

livreads16's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Xenophobia, Misogyny, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Rape

Minor: Islamophobia and Slavery

flamingtashhh's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I mean, it’s a classic for a reason. Often cited and never replicated, Davis’ work just had me unraveling question after question. I feel like a lot of the material that she covered is material I’m familiar with at this point, but because her work has been cited so often. 

Some things I’d like to explore more following this book:
1. The colonization of the land by prisons. What effect on the environment and our connection to it does the logic and PHYSICAL fact of prisons have? 
2. Racial capitalism and borders. How does the global migration of labor impact prisons? What similarities does this share with the Atlantic Slave Trade? 
3. Gender-making and prisons. What does the logic of prison reform do to our notions of gender? How is this related to colonial notions of gender and citizenship? 
4. Punishment and violence, specifically an expansion of the idea that domestic and sexual violence is the basis of punishment in women’s prisons. 

There’s more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Colonisation, Classism, Torture, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization

nickshutter's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Confinement, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Islamophobia, Drug abuse, Grief, and War

cemeterygay's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A great introduction to prison abolition that is not too dense while still not oversimplifying the topics presented. I absolutely would recommend this as a starting point for anyone interested in prison abolition. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

CW: Discussions of systemic violence and the abuse experienced at the hands of the Prison Industrial Complex

daydreamermoonwalker's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Very informative, it really made me rethink the way our entire justice system is set up. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn more about prison abolition, or just the US prison system in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug use, Islamophobia, and Murder