Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot, by Mikki Kendall

26 reviews

mads_jpg's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

A fantastic book on a complex but necessary subject. I learnt a lot from this book and it made me reflect on how I can be a better accomplice to marginalized women. The book was mostly accessible but my only gripe is that I sometimes found the writing style hard to understand, not sure if that's the result of how complicated the subject is or the way it was edited. Otherwise, an amazing book that everyone should read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexism, Violence, Classism, Gun violence, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Abortion, Confinement, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Deportation, Medical content, Pregnancy, Ableism, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Slavery, and Colonisation

horizonous's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, Blood, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Ableism, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

redrosemoth's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

A must read. This book is the friend that tells you you have something stuck in your teeth. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Violence, Abortion, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mass/school shootings, Ableism, Hate crime, Racism, Addiction, and Police brutality

clarabooksit's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Violence, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Abortion, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Classism, Police brutality, Sexism, Murder, Transphobia, Ableism, Medical trauma, and Hate crime

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

At times I found the book a bit meandering and more hard to follow (but I recognize that it is mostly on me and my lacking of knowledge/expertise). For example, some of the references flew right over my head, given that they are mostly based on USA's history, society and culture/media and that I am not 100% familiar with them. 

What I appreciated the most was the intersectionality, the broad focus on all aspects of social justice relating to race, class, gender and sexuality. 

Without a doubt it was an important and eye-opening reading experience, that really made me understand the necessity to keep learning and trying to translate what I learn into effective action and behaviour.

Real feminism (if such a thing can be defined) isn't going to be found in replicating racist, transphobic, homophobic, ableist, or classit norms. But we are all human, all flawed in our ways, and perhaps most important, none of us are immune to the environment  that surrounds us. We are part of the society that 
we are fighting to change, and we cannot absolve ourselves of our role in it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Classism, Gun violence, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Blood, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Racism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Violence, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Ableism, Rape, Murder, Slavery, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, and Drug use

Minor: Pedophilia, Trafficking, Stalking, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Homophobia, Suicide, Islamophobia, and Abortion

jeanniea's review

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Really dense. Lots of good info!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Hate crime, Murder, Ableism, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault, Murder, Gun violence, Drug use, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Abortion, Addiction, Police brutality, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

sydneybedell's review

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Ableism, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Gun violence, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

melaniekarin's review

informative medium-paced

3.5

This is a well written, well researched book. If you’re already familiar with intersectional feminism, there’s nothing here particularly new or revelatory, but it’s an excellent addition to the canon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, Ableism, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, and Racism

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Biphobia, Miscarriage, Violence, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

adrianajimenez's review

informative reflective medium-paced

one of the best feminist books i've read so far for sure. concepts and ideas were explained wonderfully and even though i was already familiar with what was talked about in this book, i was still able to form deeper thoughts about them and feel like i was learning. honestly, it's just such a great read whether you are knowledgeable in the subject or not, so i definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Infertility, Sexual harassment, and War