Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism by Laurie Penny

2 reviews

ienbdri's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

Thought-provoking but not perfect. Very short so therefore a lot of arguments are mentioned only rather than explained and discussed in detail. Loved the connections to capitalism (which is what the book promised to do after all) but the more radical viewpoints like knitting = supporting domestic abuse and woman being undervalued are a bit too much for me. Some passages screamed misogyny and the chapter about trans people is not up to date in terms of language either. But you don't have to agree with everything you read so I'd still absolutely recommend reading this as thought material.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Eating disorder

anfripa's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Rape, Transphobia, Suicide, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault