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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
3 reviews
leweylibrary's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
4.25
First, I want to thank audiobooks for helping me finish a book I just could not bring myself to read the physical version of 🙌
Second, this book made me realize how much I absolutely just do not pay any attention to my body and how it reacts to things. Because of that and because of my other attention issues, the body exercises in this book were so weird and difficult for me. I just couldn't do them or take them seriously, even when I was really genuinely trying. It's like yoga, I'd always overthink it or ruin the mindfulness in one way or another. I'm sorry, but I just don't think I'll ever be able to literally see my ancestors and don't really have any desire to wash anyone's feet.
So! If you're like me, you might struggle too with that part of this book, but I'm sure many others will get a lot of value from these bits, so read this book! It's at least worth it for the discussions on how our bodies remember and react to trauma, generational body trauma, white body supremacy, white body fragility, and creating healing cultures. I also want to keep this book to refer back to some of the strategies for grounding and settling your body because I feel like those could be really useful for my socially anxious and non-confrontational self.
Second, this book made me realize how much I absolutely just do not pay any attention to my body and how it reacts to things. Because of that and because of my other attention issues, the body exercises in this book were so weird and difficult for me. I just couldn't do them or take them seriously, even when I was really genuinely trying. It's like yoga, I'd always overthink it or ruin the mindfulness in one way or another. I'm sorry, but I just don't think I'll ever be able to literally see my ancestors and don't really have any desire to wash anyone's feet.
So! If you're like me, you might struggle too with that part of this book, but I'm sure many others will get a lot of value from these bits, so read this book! It's at least worth it for the discussions on how our bodies remember and react to trauma, generational body trauma, white body supremacy, white body fragility, and creating healing cultures. I also want to keep this book to refer back to some of the strategies for grounding and settling your body because I feel like those could be really useful for my socially anxious and non-confrontational self.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Police brutality, Torture, Death, Violence, and Slavery
lucy12345's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Murder, and Gaslighting
Minor: Body shaming and Gaslighting
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
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