Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

10 reviews

nila's review

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

camsara99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Violence, Racism, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, and Sexism

Moderate: Incest

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Murder, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Incest, Racial slurs, Drug use, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

greenlivingaudioworm's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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

blovessummer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Wow. Tarana Burke is an amazing human being and this book is important, heartfelt and inspiring. Not an easy read due to the topic but extremely well written and powerful and important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Violence

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

gem114's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

In this memoir, Tarana Burke shares her story and the experiences that ultimately lead her to start Me Too, which, before it became a viral hashtag, was initially a small grassroots organization to support survivors of sexual assault. Tarana shares stories about her personal experiences with sexual abuse and her experience supporting young people she knew through her community work who were also survivors. As important as I think this book is, I would recommend approaching it with caution. It is raw and powerful and downright painful at times. I had to pace myself and take breaks, but I am so glad that I now know the full story. Burke herself reads the audiobook, and if you have the opportunity, I recommend listening so you can hear her story in her own voice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

thoughtsfromtheafro's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.75

This was such a somber, heavy read. The context of their life and why they do the work they do, is helpful and crucial considering how the #MeToo “campaign” was co-opted.

The rawness and vulnerability is…breathtaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Emotional abuse

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