Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke

6 reviews

curlyhairedbear's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Heartbreaking beautiful book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Miscarriage and Misogyny

thelibraryoft's review

5.0

 I don’t often say this, but this should be required reading for women in America. This was a heavy memoir, but a beautiful and powerful book. Tarana is the founder of the Me Too movement, but this story is mostly about her life before Me Too and how she became an advocate. She tells her story about growing up in the Bronx, her multiple sexual assaults and the shame she felt because of them. While I was able to personally connect to her story, I appreciated the focus being on experiences of Black women, girls, and femmes, how their stories can be so vastly different and how they are less heard and empathized with. I keep finding myself thinking about Tarana feeling that she had to remain silent in order to protect not her perpetrator, but the other Black men in her life who could be affected by coming forward. Tarana had a beautiful openness about acknowledging her own moments of failure, and not being able to be the best support system to other girls when she has not yet given herself empathy. As well as holding other advocates accountable not matter their positive contributions to worthy causes. I gained new perspective and awareness reading Tarana’s story and truly cannot recommend this book enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage

maryjames's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Classism and Cursing

Minor: Miscarriage, Incest, and Pregnancy

tender_onion's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Bullying, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

toofondofbooks_'s review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow. Just WOW. This memoir by Tarana Burke, who is the founder of the #MeToo movement, has written a memoir that belongs on your shelf next to the works of Maya Angelou. This memoir reminded me of "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" in its raw honesty and fantastic writing. I listened to the audiobook, and Burke's narration is heartbreaking and a joy to listen to at the same time. Sections that I thought were particularly interesting were Burke's stories about her complicated and sometimes fraught relationship with her mother and the section where she describes her discovery of the work of Maya Angelou and how she fell in love with it and saw herself in it. I love that Tarana Burke never pretends to have been a perfect person and is committed to writing a real memoir with her highs, lows, wins and losses with honesty. If you have ever been interested in this woman and / or how the Me Too movement came to be, you should pick this up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Racism, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Medical content and Incest

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, and Pregnancy

laurendenton's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Mental illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, and Trafficking