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ryliereadss's review
5.0
Davis talks about slavery, racism, the women's movement, and the civil rights movement in this incredibly important must read. It was interesting to read about the movements and groups that developed in the 1800s and 1900s and thinking about how what they did affects us today. Davis wrote about some familiar topics like birth control, abortion, the Black rapist, and work. Davis portrayed the tensions between white women and Black people and their movements, how they were able to work together in some areas but couldn't in others. So informative, don't skip this one!!
Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Violence, and Sexual assault
leelaamanda's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Police brutality, Child death, Classism, Grief, Medical content, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Slavery, and Sexism
Moderate: Infertility, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Violence, Sexual violence, and Infidelity
biobeetle's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Sexual assault, Classism, Racism, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Hate crime, Xenophobia, Miscarriage, Violence, Abortion, War, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, and Infertility
Minor: Pregnancy
sashasghost's review
4.75
Graphic: Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Abortion, Classism, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery
Moderate: Ableism
stevia333k's review
5.0
i listened to readings & TTS of this book. it's from 1981 (such as we don't need to refer to fiction to call out paternalism anymore. we have books like "pushout" & "they were her property". that being said the reference to fiction on that point made me realize that history was conflated with whatever white supremacist bourgeois patriarchs allowed.) so some parts are outdated, but a ton of it holds up, partly because a lot of the white supremacist dynamics within feminist movements hadn't changed. like chapter 2 on white women organizing having paternalism problems articulated the problems i'm having right now to a tee, and the other chapters gave me information about corners i need to back out of (3 point turn). this book is considered a foundation for intersectionality & uses the triple jeopardy model. basically this is a book that a lot of the people i listen to have read.
as i was reading this book i was also listening to "rest is resistance" by tricia hersey, which is giving me a lot of insight on abolitionism & preventing burnout & self-forgiveness. i mention this because this book also critiques bourgeois praxis, and that's important because to say the least of it the labor theory of value, business expansion & imperialist expansion mean the wage gap will exist as long as there is capitalism because otherwise employers wouldn't be able to figure out ranking among themselves.
this was such a good book, i wish i had been given this book instead of being offered "ain't i a woman" by bell hooks & "luna" back in elementary school. like seriously, the covers & fictionality scared me on some of those, but omg. like my transfeminism came from me being 2 years old & in reconciling why racism is bad & feminism is good figured out that the genitalia is in fact a policing stereotype as other gender stereotypes, hence girlhood is separate from genitalia, and this book was speaking to that.
Graphic: Blood, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Abortion, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, Genocide, Ableism, Classism, Physical abuse, Slavery, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Torture
kenzierobyn's review
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Murder, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Abortion
tenori's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Hate crime, Murder, Death, Confinement, Sexual violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Slavery
jaiari12's review
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Classism, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Abortion, Racism, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Xenophobia, Infertility, and Slavery
Moderate: Ableism and Domestic abuse