Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

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

16 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

violetteddd's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

Un livre que j’avais beaucoup aimé lire au lycée car il m’a apprit beaucoup, mais je pense que ça reste très féminisme blanc bourgeois, l’analyse est uniquement sur la France / Europe… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Medical content

milliecybu's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion, Colonisation, Islamophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Death, and Sexual harassment

arayo's review

informative

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Ableism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abortion, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Torture, Murder, and Miscarriage

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Medical trauma

Minor: Excrement

_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

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

 In Defence of Witches looked at the reasons women were charged with witchcraft in centuries past, and explored how those very same issues - beauty, age, childlessness, independence, sexuality- are used to judge and attack women today. The author made academic studies accessible to a general audience. Thought provoking and infuriating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Violence

georgiaand's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Misogyny and Violence

Minor: Antisemitism

morebedsidebooks's review

slow-paced

1.0

Sorcières : La puissance invaincue des femmes by Mona Chollet attracted attention and sales in France when it was originally published in 2018. Now as In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial translated to English by Sophie R. Lewis in 2022. Countless pages later, almost 8 hours, (x2)— I ran into toil and trouble. A longer review on my blog. Thoughts, questioning some specific parts for accuracy, clarity, comparing a little with the French edition too. Unfortunately, it came out when I had other priorities, so languished on my TBR.  Bref, ignorez les best-sellers, ne vous forcez pas! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Misogyny, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, Miscarriage, Cultural appropriation, and Physical abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Pedophilia, Racism, Incest, and Lesbophobia

Discussion also includes ageism and age gaps along with instances of offensive language.