Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet

4 reviews

ka_ke's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Body horror, Torture, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Cursing, and Sexual violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Blood, Chronic illness, and Abandonment

_annika__'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Bullying, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Rape, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

kelleykamanda's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Reads a bit like classic second wave feminist texts. Doesn’t have too much insight regarding intersectionality, the author instead focuses more on feminism through the lens of her older and single cis female perspective. This I found unique in its own right. I enjoyed it but wish there was more about witches and witch hunt history in conjunction with women’s rights issues today (as the book seemed to let on). 

With that said, I think this book pairs well with the new BBC mini podcast series “Witch” which makes up for what this book might not have had. I’d also recommend reading this book along with “Women Who Run with the Wolves” and “Hags: The Demonization of Middle Aged Women.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, and Sexism

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Mmmm yes.

A few favourite points: the villainisation of older women (aka, women who no longer serve a purpose to men): womens reproduction rights and women who are, voluntarily, childless; and the sexism and misogyny in medicine, particularly midwifery, stemming from the fear of 'witch' healers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Classism, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse