Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom

16 reviews

chelsearednecksrising's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

bashsbooks's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Thom approaches the issues within modern leftism with an understandable frustration and an unparalleled wit; this collection of essays and poems provide much-needed nuance and insight into thorny topics such as suicide (and the related responsibility of the community and agency of the dead) and sexual assault (including breaking down the perp/victim binary that doesn't allow for any grey areas). She also covers transmisogyny, racism, and class in similar depth. Despite these serious topics, Thom ends every essay with her glimmers of hope for the future. My favorite pieces in this collection were Genie, You're Free, if you should start to think forbidden thoughts, Chronical of a Rape Foretold, Complications of Consent, How Neoliberalism is Stealing Trans Liberation, siblings, Rediscovering My Identity at My Grandfather's Funeral, and Dear, Dear Life.

I highly recommend the entire book, and all of Thom's work (but please remember, she is only one imperfect woman, not a vessel for Leftist Truth!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Rape, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Classism, Transphobia, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Racism

Moderate: Police brutality, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Colonisation, Hate crime, Murder, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

katharina90's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A well-written, insightful collection of essays interspersed with poems.

The essays cover a variety of topics related to the queer community and the trans lived experience with spot-on critiques of cultural issues in queer and social justice spaces, and thoughts on how to address these issues guided by an ethic of love.

Poems that stood out:
-boundaries 1 & 2
-the witch's manifesto

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Transphobia, Racism, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

buttermellow's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Physical abuse, and Racism

ttorisaurus's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Murder, and Suicide attempt

moonyreadsbystarlight's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.0

This collection of essays and poetry is about queer community, how we love and what we can do to love better and be the key to each other's thriving (not just survival). She lays bare the ways in which people fail to love each other fully, gives us a look into ways people do love and continue to love, and (most importantly) asks us to imagine a world where we do embrace love and to think about how we can get there. 

There were a couple of pieces that I wish she had expanded on more or made certain points more clear, but there were so many amazing essays in here! I'm definitely excited to check out her other works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Homophobia

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Transphobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Racism, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Rape

noahsingh's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

caprivoyant's review

I'm actually quite enjoying this book — it's got a lot of good things to meditate and journal on — but I think I picked it up at the wrong time. There are some heavy topics in here and, although I'm getting gems and feeling seen and validated by so many of the essays/poems... My heart can't take some of the subject matter right now. I think I need more time with each essay/poem than the library is giving me. I've had it for a little over 5 weeks now and have only gotten 67 pages in... 🥺 

I'm going to give it back to the library and let someone enjoy it who's in a better place to soak in all the info right now. Maybe I'll pick it back up again later. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, and Transphobia

mckenzieminter's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment