Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

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

15 reviews

roseandbramble's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

a must read 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Infertility, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Miscarriage

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

shawnapantzke's review against another edition

informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism

_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

farrahsoa's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

if you read any feminist book this year, read this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

prog51's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Minor: Antisemitism and Sexual assault

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

pipn_t's review

informative medium-paced

3.0

It was a decent book, it covered a lot of feminist concepts I’m familiar with already, though it was interesting to read about sources from French literature and culture.  An interesting read, a good book to introduce someone to some of the common feminist issues, though it was a bit of a tough read in a few spots.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault