Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

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

11 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

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

smilagros's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I listened to this on audio and I highly recommend that experience. But I also wish that I had a physical copy to annotate because there was A LOT that I wanted to highlight and tab. There was a few things that I knew about but there was a really good conversation that I needed to listen to. I think everyone should read this because it may by eye opening to some, it may not be to others but you will learn ATLEAST SOMETHING from this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Deadnaming, Slavery, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

vrede's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Sexism, Trafficking, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Torture, Racism, and Emotional abuse

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Hate crime, Classism, Sexual violence, Genocide, Gore, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual harassment, Rape, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, War, Kidnapping, Sexism, Torture, and Trafficking

stillmuseum's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Slavery, Racism, Rape, Colonisation, Torture, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

acciohannah's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

5 stars

This is one of the most important books I’ve ever read & should be required reading for everyone. 

A heart wrenching and honest perspective on the continuing oppression of black women. hooks’ criticism of white feminism, white supremacy & the patriarchy is so well researched & presented in this book. the writing is incredibly readable, thought-provoking & informative. 

an in-depth look at the intersection of racism, capitalism, classism & imperialism. though it can be a bit redundant at times, and obviously some facts are dated as this book was written 40 years ago, for the most part it holds true. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, and Classism

studiouspoppy's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

It was a very interesting and informative reading, bell hooks is very clear and easy to read, even though it's a very difficult topic. The only reason why I don't give it 5/5 stars is because I don't think it was inclusive of LGBTQAI+ groups, and it's something that should be taken into account when talking about white feminism and its lack of inclusivity and diversity.
The only part that mentions the question about mandatory heterosexuality is to question the academics who have written about it and their failure to act against a system considered oppressed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation