Reviews tagging 'Death'

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

10 reviews

haleybird's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I know I’m late to the party, but this book is a must read for anyone who considers themselves a “feminist” - or anyone who doesn’t, for that matter. bell hooks presents the black feminist perspective in direct, easily digestible terms, making the information accessible to just about anyone. White people who consider themselves feminists would probably benefit most from this book. I think we have a duty to seek out different perspectives so that we might collectively learn to make the feminist movement in the West more inclusive. I loved this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Death, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

amsswim's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Required reading. Highly recommend to anyone and everyone. Intersectionality should be the standard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Classism, Death, Deportation, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Genocide, Grief, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Child death, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Rape, and Torture

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

A difficult topic shown under a harsh almost clinical light.  Everything is so matter of fact, and it is so sad.  I don’t know why I decided to read this.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Classism, Racism, Violence, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Body shaming, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment

singingstar89's review against another edition

challenging dark informative

5.0

Very hard to read emotionally but super easy to understand. Something everyone should read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual violence, Racism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Slavery, Grief, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

caseythereader's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Police brutality, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

crybabybea's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

brookeasmith17's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A thorough history, Ain't I a Woman tells the perspective of black women in feminism, or rather, the exclusion of black women in feminism.

bell hooks clearly details the impact of not only racist but sexist oppression that has a very wide effect on the lives of black women throughout American history and still exists today. 

It's a crucial viewpoint to the feminist movement and everyone who calls themselves a feminist, especially white women who have been at the pinnacle of excluding black women from their movement, should give this book a read. 

An informative and valuable book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Classism, Body horror, Cultural appropriation, Death, Grief, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

liaer's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book was excellent. Bell hook is a wonderful writer who is an expert at the English language. It was incredibly informative and was obviously very well researched. The only reason that I didn't give it five stars is because it seemed to jump around a little for me. It followed history, examining the slave trade, then slavery, then antebellum era, and onwards. However, I felt like when she was in each of these eras she moved around a little too fast for me. I would recommend this to everyone and anyone. 

Fair warning is that there are a lot of triggering content that can be deeply upsetting. I have tried to include all of the ones I could remember in the content warnings, but please go in with the expectation that there are things that are horrific, but important to learn about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gore, Death, and Colonisation

marionhoney's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

5.0

Should be taught in schools. Can be dense to get through in places, but I already want to immediately re-read it to take it all in again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Violence