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brassbooks's review
5.0
Every single human needs to read this book.
Amy, thank you for articulating my rage. Thank you for creating a safe space for us survivors, and helping us not feel so alone and helping us reconsider feelings of shame.
Amy, thank you for articulating my rage. Thank you for creating a safe space for us survivors, and helping us not feel so alone and helping us reconsider feelings of shame.
bianca89279's review
5.0
An essay published by Amy Remeikis, the Guardian political reporter at the Australian Parliament in Canberra.
Remeikis got triggered by the fumbling, inappropriate response of Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister at the time (thank the goddess that idiot is gone), responding to allegations of rape by the Attorney General, and to another case involving a young female staff who was raped (allegedly) in an office in the Parliament House. Yep, you read that right - rape in the Parliament House.
Remeikis makes some excellent points.
Highly recommended
Remeikis got triggered by the fumbling, inappropriate response of Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister at the time (thank the goddess that idiot is gone), responding to allegations of rape by the Attorney General, and to another case involving a young female staff who was raped (allegedly) in an office in the Parliament House. Yep, you read that right - rape in the Parliament House.
Remeikis makes some excellent points.
Highly recommended
desterman's review
5.0
Guardian political journalist, Amy Remeikis, pens this confronting and important essay in light of the past year in Australian politics and the brave revelation from former parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins that she was raped inside parliament house. Remeikis struggles with doing her job as being an objective reporter, discussing the facts of this story, and the inherent and uncontainable rage she feels as a victim herself of sexual assault. Remekis focuses her discussion on the way in which the most enlightening aspect of this dark episode of Australian parliamentary history was the fact that it showed us that male leaders cannot seem to discuss nor deal with this issue. She spends time reflecting on the words and actions of Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, in relation to this issue (especially his “Jenny said, you have to think about this as a father first” comment) and the damaging and unhelpful discourse that exists around the issue of violence against women.
Remeikis poses the question that if the leaders of Australia have such difficulty discussing these issues, what hope is there for the regular members of the populace? She asserts that one of the major issues is the language used in discussing these things, as she writes, “When do we ever talk about how many men perpetrate the attacks? Would that begin to make a difference? If we were to speak about how one in three men will commit an assault instead of how one in three women will be assaulted, would the inversion of language lead to a change in the way we think about sexual assault?”
The topic of this essay is exhausting – how can we still be talking about all these things after everything we know? But Remeikis courageously spends this essay traversing the role of political commentator and survivor of sexual assault. The rage she discusses is palpable. Ultimately, she sees that change will come, but until this same rage is felt by men, and we learn how to talk about this properly and confront these issues together as a society, change will be slow.
Remeikis poses the question that if the leaders of Australia have such difficulty discussing these issues, what hope is there for the regular members of the populace? She asserts that one of the major issues is the language used in discussing these things, as she writes, “When do we ever talk about how many men perpetrate the attacks? Would that begin to make a difference? If we were to speak about how one in three men will commit an assault instead of how one in three women will be assaulted, would the inversion of language lead to a change in the way we think about sexual assault?”
The topic of this essay is exhausting – how can we still be talking about all these things after everything we know? But Remeikis courageously spends this essay traversing the role of political commentator and survivor of sexual assault. The rage she discusses is palpable. Ultimately, she sees that change will come, but until this same rage is felt by men, and we learn how to talk about this properly and confront these issues together as a society, change will be slow.
camoo3032's review
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, and Gun violence
shelleyyyy's review
5.0
Loved this. It was like reading my own thoughts about the goings on of the last year but articulated in a much better way. Amy has a real gift of always getting her point across regardless of how she's feeling, something I greatly admire because I can't do this.
I'm angry all over again, not that the feeling ever really went away but I'm also hopeful that I'll be better able to get my point across next time I'm discussing this topic with others after reading this.
I'm angry all over again, not that the feeling ever really went away but I'm also hopeful that I'll be better able to get my point across next time I'm discussing this topic with others after reading this.
klambo's review
5.0
Amy Remeikis powerfully, unflinchingly reflected my rage back at me. This book is a must read but please make sure you are in the right frame of mind to do so
mcduffman's review
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape