Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

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

8 reviews

toffishay's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Mikki Kendall is a really engaging writer. She makes these difficult topics more accessible by relating them to her experiences, those of people who she knows, and making the connections between seemingly isolated ideas. Everything is interconnected and by finding that tissue, we can better work to dismantle the systems that harm us. There are also powerful calls to action for white feminists who can be more in community with BIPOC women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, Medical content, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Self harm, Xenophobia, Suicide, Body shaming, Transphobia, and Fatphobia

onlyonebookshelf's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, and Sexism

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

kashby's review against another edition

informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence and Hate crime

Minor: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

sierranorgan's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

This is such an important read, so I really took my time with it. I’m happy that I’ve taken these weeks to read it little by little so I’m taking in the information and not just breezing through it. I found it to be super informative and super readable!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, and Transphobia

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

nickoliver's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Ableism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abortion, Fatphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Death and Miscarriage

isabellarob73's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Really important piece of feminist literature. Forces readers to examine how poverty,race,education,health, etc are feminist issues. Some parts felt a little repetitive, but overall a really good read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Ableism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence