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bellastardust's review against another edition
5.0
“it’s hard to be intimate with someone when you are being intimate with the world.”
there is something so special about reading a memoir, this was so intimate, and we need to hear those stories to heal and understand the world we live in.
i peeped some reviews when i was reading and man…. it’s so f’d up to me that some people will read someone’s life and their trauma and expect them to say this is “xyz-ism” at play. Patrisse Khan-Cullors did an amazing job at contextualizing policy and systemic issues while explaining her life.
I really appreciate Angela Davis’s forward too, adding more to how the label of terrorist and terrorism is used to discredit movements from here to Palestine.
there is something so special about reading a memoir, this was so intimate, and we need to hear those stories to heal and understand the world we live in.
i peeped some reviews when i was reading and man…. it’s so f’d up to me that some people will read someone’s life and their trauma and expect them to say this is “xyz-ism” at play. Patrisse Khan-Cullors did an amazing job at contextualizing policy and systemic issues while explaining her life.
I really appreciate Angela Davis’s forward too, adding more to how the label of terrorist and terrorism is used to discredit movements from here to Palestine.
justonemorebookhonest's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
kateabkemeier's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
1000% love. I want to know her thoughts in the present day on the 2020 protests and the state of things she mentioned in the book.
every_morning's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Such an important story. I learned so much by hearing about her life and the experiences of her friends and family. A good “window” book. The first few sections were hard but really good. I didn’t like the last few sections as much that focused on BLM, it felt a bit disjointed to me. Would be interested in a more recent epilogue.
Moderate: Violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
alicebme's review against another edition
5.0
Recommended by Bust Magazine. I read this right before the incident at Starbucks where 2 African-American men were arrested for waiting without ordering. I learned from this book that calling the cops is a white privilege. When people of color are suspected, the cops are not going to be fair and the suspects can be indefinitely stuck in the system if they are not killed instantly. White people put people of color into more danger than they can imagine when they call the police. Calling because of suspected danger is often based in racist fears because we live in a white supremacist country. I also learned that mental illness services are total shit for most people. The prejudice and ignorance surrounding mental illness coupled with racial prejudice can destroy a person. The author also provided a number of examples of loving queer and transgender relationships, including her own.