Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory

3 reviews

a_violentfemme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

This is an exceptionally well researched study of women's history. The audiobook was a joy to listen to (I personally love it when authors narrate their own) and the voice actors were a great addition. Something I found a surprise was that I found the first third of the book the most interesting- I'm not usually interested in the middle period but I learnt a lot of things I didn't know before. Another unexpected joy was how queer this was, Gregory really tries to capture all women's experiences. However- this is SO UNBELIEVABLY LONG. I found the format a little repetitive and if I hadn't listened in short bursts I may have dnf'd. I think i would have preferred a series of books on each period!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Rape, Classism, and Medical trauma

ssione5's review against another edition

informative

5.0

Skip what you need to, but this is in my top 3 nonfictions of all time. Brilliantly researched, absolutely fantastic. The brutality is directly quoting sources from the times and makes clear the seeds of modern patriarchy and misogyny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Genocide, Lesbophobia, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, Slavery, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical content, Racism, Rape, Transphobia, Violence, War, Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Classism, Colonisation, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

rosy_posy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

Brilliant read, would recommend everyone read it to understand more about how our society has been shaped and impacted everyone. Best non-fiction purpose for ages!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Slavery, Rape, War, Sexism, Medical content, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Dysphoria, Torture, Trafficking, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, and Colonisation