Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

69 reviews

brianawg_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

vulnerablevibrant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

its hard to explain the profound impact this book had on me. some passages i had to reread because there was a lot to unpack and digest. some had me re-reflecting on my emotions i thought i found solace in. but most importantly, almost all made me feel seen and less alone in a sad way. i felt my walls slowly break down with the vulnerability of those who wrote these essays. thank you for this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

suspicious_salmon's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

A very tough must read. This was a book that I  couldn't put down, but had to a times in order to fully process what I had read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

jemima_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

thebookienook's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual content

lea8914lh's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

colourbandit's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Not That Bad was a really, really powerful read, discussing the many stories from a hugely diverse group of women and their experiences with rape culture, sexual violence, and harassment. It saddened and disappointed me every time I picked it up to read another section, about just how horrific our culture can be and the experiences of too many women within that. 

There were some elements of hope, with changes in attitudes having gone through these experiences, understanding that we need to alter how we raise our children and react to rape culture. However, it is seemingly so ingrained in society that we have a huge way to go still. 

The stories were amazingly written, emotional, and incredibly powerful, with such variety. It’s such an important read, although it comes with quite a large trigger warning for anything relating to any of the topics mentioned above. If you feel able to, you just HAVE to read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

theocreswell's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

nicole_467's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence