Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

20 reviews

zoesdigitalw0rld's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Grief, Rape, and Child death

blueyogi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, Colonisation, Violence, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Colonisation, Cancer, Dysphoria, Blood, Mental illness, Abortion, and Infidelity

denireidreads's review against another edition

hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual assault

hypofocus's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A beautiful and emotional read. Takes you on a relatable, remarkable journey. Though you go to some dark places during the ride, you come out the other side feeling different than you did when you started. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Rape, and Sexual harassment

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

There were some poems that I really enjoyed reading, there is something comforting within the depressing poems.  There were a few that I didn’t care for but the poems seemed blunt and to the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Rape, Grief, and Body shaming

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Death, and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy, Child death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Racism, Violence, and Hate crime

jctur2's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Child death, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Murder, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abortion, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

thebetterstory's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring fast-paced

2.75

These poems are simple and palatable, and depending on what you ask from your poetry you may find that a good thing. Many of the shorter ones border on trite, but it helps that the entire collection comes across as wholeheartedly sincere rather than manipulative. The rawest poems, and therefore unsurprisingly my favourites, were the ones where the author processed her rape.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Police brutality

lulusreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

“i am the first woman in my lineage with freedom of choice. to craft her future whichever way i choose. say what is on my mind when i want to. without the whip of the lash. there are hundreds of firsts i am thankful for. that my mother and her mother and her mother did not have the privilege of feeling. what an honor”

I felt so seen from Rupi’s collection to her mother. 

The book as a whole had lots of honest & relatable lines from a broken soul to true love to family to finding self confidence. Let the sunshine on your flowers 🌻 

the only thing I don’t like from modern poetry or at least this author is when one sentence that isn’t that profound takes up a whole page “the road to changing the world is never-ending” doesn’t need an entire blank page. Some of the pages didn’t even have a cute drawing to makeup for the lack of content 😕

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic friendship, Blood, Sexual assault, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Racism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Sexism, Classism, Body shaming, and Xenophobia

juliaisnotalright's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

2.0

Poetry about SA, Immigration, love, selflove, motherhood and being a woman.
In general I enjoy reading about these things but the poetry was sometimes just one sentence and I just didn’t get it yk.
Like there was stuff I learned but in the end I didn’t really enjoy reading it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexism

viviundworte's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Grief, and Sexism

Moderate: Abortion, Child death, and Body shaming

Minor: Sexual content and Xenophobia