Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar

8 reviews

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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An absolutely stunning collection of poetry that was haunting, devastating, and powerful. Asghar’s creativity shines in the way they experiment with formats, such as crosswords, fill-in-the-blank, and more (typically) playful concepts yet presenting such grim and upsetting material. Asghar provides the historical context which is woven into many of the poems: the Indian/Pakistani Partition, which is another example of Great Britain fucking shit up for everyone. 

I highly recommend this, and want my own physical copy now 💟

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Genocide, Sexual violence, War, Xenophobia, and Body shaming

bibliorama's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

How do you review a poem or a book of poems? I have no idea.

I don't read enough poetry to feel like I could give a decent review, so take my star rating with a grain of salt.

I liked many of the poems in this collection. The standouts to me were "Kal" "Partition, 1945: my grandfather steps off a train in Jammu & Kashmir" "How we left: Film Treatment" and "Other Body"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Xenophobia, Blood, Bullying, Racism, Sexual content, War, Body shaming, Child death, Hate crime, and Islamophobia

doomluz's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful and powerful. I didn't know much about the Partition of Pakistan and India. Asghar mentions it and how it still affects people. They also talk about their sexuality and gender. Also about being an immigrant, Muslim, and the Islamophobia after 9/11.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, Colonisation, Death, War, Bullying, Body shaming, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging emotional

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Body shaming, and Rape

Minor: Bullying, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

softgalaxy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Amazing poetry. Felt it to my core. Didn’t hold back at all. Was stunned at some of the poems, how visually stunning they were.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, Blood, Body shaming, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying

bookishplantmom's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

This was a grounded read. Beautifully written and emotionally impactful. It was not what I expected, though I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I picked it up. I think shorter non-fictions with a poetic flair are a very compelling medium to communicate some tougher topics to uninitiated readers. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Colonisation, Racism, Racial slurs, Body shaming, and Transphobia

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Islamophobia

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Pedophilia, and War

outcrye's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Islamophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Misogyny