Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

36 reviews

emmmillly's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Racism

emmehooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Racism and Misogyny

kelsimarirobb's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Classism, Slavery, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Racism

kecasey's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pedophilia and Violence

Minor: Racism

mollymdull's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual violence

Minor: Racism and Transphobia

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

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Rape, Misogyny, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence and Emotional abuse

jazcoal's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

amyisreilledup's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

This is one of the most impactful books I’ve listened to. It is very raw emotionally, so it does need to be paced out. The honesty in experience and the reckoning with the complex relationships of family, community and history are all ones that everyone should have to bear witness to and grapple with. Burke is a force to be reckoned with, and I suspect this boom will stand for many years as an important read for anyone trying to do work in social change.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Violence, and Racial slurs