Scan barcode
Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey
4 reviews
hexedmaiden's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
One of the best books about ghosts. As someone who does believe or at leasts wants to believe the possibility of ghosts I loved the way that Colin Dickey talks about how we the living make these places haunted more than any ghost could.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Slavery, and Racism
Moderate: Colonisation, Child death, and Genocide
Minor: Sexual violence, War, and Rape
varo's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Dickey does a phenomenal job balancing ghosts, history, and the overlooked. As a white (or white-passing) man, he is surprisingly thoughtful in his depictions and inclusion of racial tension and violence, as well as of sexism. He consciously includes narratives beyond the white majority and casts light upon the ways those same majority narratives downplay, distract from, and distort the stories of Black people and women.
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Racism
ninjamuse's review
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Slavery and Racism
Minor: War, Hate crime, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Violence
malloryfitz's review
informative
reflective
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Racism, Murder, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
More...