Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare

14 reviews

precise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

This book was somewhat memoir, somewhat poetry. Exile in the title refers to class as much as anything else - what I took was, if you're a rural queer person from an un-accepting community, you are exiled both in your rural community of origin and in your urban life, in different ways. I liked the digression about disability and the history of 'freak shows'. I was surprised by how environmentalist it was - he writes in depth about having grown up in a dying logging town - not unpleasant but not what I expected from the title. The edition I read had some footnotes from 2009 - would love a new edition with footnotes from the 2020s as well :) 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest, Bullying, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Content warnings largely relate to the author's personal history - not described in great detail, but sexual abuse from his father as well as bullying from classmates is mentioned a few times. There is also brief mention of logging related injuries in his hometown.

libraryoflanelle's review against another edition

4.0

I read this one exclusively via Audio and would like to re-read it in tandem with the physical book so I can absorb it more fully. I will definitely be writing an updated review when I get my hands on a physical copy.

I really enjoyed hearing Eli reflect on these topics as things were in 1999. Seeing the parallels, the differences and on many occasions the heart-breaking lack of positive change truly added a level of discussion to these topics that I did not anticipate.

I have added content/trigger warnings to my review but I want to point out that Eli does mention CSA he experienced in childhood on multiple occasions, at times in moderate detail.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Ableism

Minor: Bullying, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Transphobia

ez_heath's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Ableism, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Torture

lottie1803's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Antisemitism, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, War, and Transphobia

mxbenjaminrose's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Ableism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Racism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Incest, Classism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Colonisation, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Body shaming

hyperself's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Ableism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Classism, Slavery, Trafficking, Chronic illness, and Racism

lesbiankarlmarx's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Ableism

violetbooklover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, Sexism, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Incest, Genocide, Homophobia, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Ableism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Child abuse

Rape, violence, ableism, racism, abuse, homophobia, transphobia, childhood sexual abuse, violence against disabled people

moth2rae's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Ableism, Rape, Racism, and Classism

agranados's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Such a valuable insight on the intersections of queerness, class, sexuality, gender identity, and more. I was craving this level of nuance and something to honor the messiness of what it’s like to live at the intersections of various marginalized identities. This is one of those rare books that has the power to change someone (I definitely feel different after reading this).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault