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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
14 reviews
ashleycmms's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Gun violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
caterina's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
So torn. There is valuable stuff in here about embodiment and racialized trauma. But also very reformist-apologist approach to police (barely made it through the "police bodies" sections), some concerning comments on physical health (e.g. fatphobia), and other things in need of critique. Yet - in the end, thinking about intergenerational trauma for both white and Black bodies and thinking about racialized trauma in bodies was worth the read. And the body practices were, on the whole, solid.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Police brutality, and Racism
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia
The animal cruelty and animal death is the first few paragraphs of chapter 16, and it's very shocking and jarring.friendliz's review
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Torture, and Violence
balladofreadingqueer's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
I was resistant to this book, I don’t understand or think about embodiment and embodied practice, I prefer to ‘intellectualise’.
But this book challenged that and encouraged me to think of myself and others as embodied, i did the practices and allowed myself to participate despite my reservations. I read this book in community with other white people trying to deepen antiracist practice. I would highly recommend finding people to discuss this with and do the exercises with.
I still feel unsure or anxious about understanding race and embodiment but I want to work on it and continue to challenge myself.
But this book challenged that and encouraged me to think of myself and others as embodied, i did the practices and allowed myself to participate despite my reservations. I read this book in community with other white people trying to deepen antiracist practice. I would highly recommend finding people to discuss this with and do the exercises with.
I still feel unsure or anxious about understanding race and embodiment but I want to work on it and continue to challenge myself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
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