Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

10 reviews

sanctuary_in_the_pages's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Minor: Rape and Transphobia

mar's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

a much heavier read than i anticipated, but it does an incredible job unpacking the racism (as well as the sexism, transphobia, ableism) within science & the scientific community - both historically and presently - and the profound damage it continues to cause; i think anyone with an interest in science would benefit from reading this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Colonisation, Rape, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Transphobia, and Police brutality

Minor: Self harm and Homophobia

hxcpanda's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

Came to this off a really great interview with the author about it, but I was disappointed by it overall. Despite the title, only maybe 20% of this is about space and the other 80% is about problems surrounding social justice within physics and other scientific fields, which might have been fine if it felt integrated as opposed to two entirely different books. 
The social justice portion also left a lot to be desired for me, personally. Maybe I'm too used to reading academic articles which take a deep dive into specific topics, but none of this felt like more than a superficial skim (or a series of blog posts, which the author mentions writing), and every time they mentioned an idea from somebody else's scholarly work I wished I was reading one of those instead. 
To be honest I'm not sure I would have gotten through this if it hadn't been in audiobook form. Maybe somebody less familiar with how racism and cissexism, etc. operate in society would find this a handy primer, but unfortunately it just kind of bored me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Police brutality, Homophobia, and Transphobia

rachbake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Slavery, Rape, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

solenodon's review

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexism, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Child abuse, Slavery, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Colonisation, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Antisemitism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Colonisation, Sexism, Misogyny, and Transphobia

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Car accident, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Death, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Ableism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racial slurs, Cancer, and Suicide

Colorism. Eugenics, mentions of forced sterilization. Climate change. Rape and assault are discussed and frankly but not graphically described; a chapter centered around rape includes a content warning in the preface and is able to be skipped.

collins1129's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Classism, Homophobia, Racism, Car accident, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, and Transphobia

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.0

The early chapters of this book lay out the author’s interest in physics with a palpable enthusiasm, while the later chapters discuss the ways that the dominant culture manifests in academia and the physics "community" that work to dim that enthusiasm. I hadn't really considered the ways that science as a discipline and idea are socially constructed so there's lots to think about.

(I did dock a star because I found the chapter on gender a bit reductive - I hate the narrative that nonbinary people exist because they are the only ones who object to traditional gender roles and this chapter skirts pretty close to that. Overall though a great read.)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Ableism, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Medical content, Racial slurs, Classism, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, and Transphobia

Minor: Chronic illness, Cancer, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

yaelm's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

mmtshali's review against another edition

informative reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, Racism, Misogyny, Colonisation, and Xenophobia