Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

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

14 reviews

amandamarieger's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is a tough read at times, but so incredibly necessary. White feminism often makes itself out to be feminism as a whole, but there are a lot of missing pieces that this book starts to highlight. Read it! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abortion, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Deportation, Racism, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

whitej18's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Genocide, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

Minor: Eating disorder, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship

fadumo75's review

challenging informative medium-paced

4.25

For anyone who considers themselves to be a feminist, this is a must-read. Mikki Kendall captured a lot of feelings that I had about mainstream white feminism and why it really does a disservice to marginalized communities. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

lucilaroife's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia

brookey8888's review

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This was very interesting and informative. I loved that it wasn’t all the same topics that other feminism book talks about. For example housing. Like I don’t know if it’s just the books I’m reading but it was mostly topics not discussed which is good but also sad because people need to bring to light these topics every more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

tilo's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

(I listened to the audiobook version.)
There wery many observations, ideas, and suggestions in this book that I found helpful for my own mindset, even when they might not have been completely new to me. It is important to note that this book does require you to be familiar with feminism, otherwise it is not as accessible. This is due to the fact that Kendall directs her words mainly to white mainstream feminists. I think anyone who considers themself a feminist should look into the ideas of this work and reflect upon them.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

madisonfrank's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

bookybadger's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Hate crime, and Sexism

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Transphobia, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Forced institutionalization

margotnelson's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

This book was one of the most eye-opening lenses into feminism I've read. The information was presented succinctly without being overwhelming, but definitely provides pages and pages of evidence, statistics, and historical facts to illustrate the need for intersectional feminism that centers Black women in particular, and communities of color in general. A great reference book, and a great intro into the huge topic of intersectional feminism and how feminism could and should pave the way to a better world. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Biphobia, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence

muchadoaboutliz's review

challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Xenophobia