Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

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

7 reviews

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

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

voxelbee's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Cultural appropriation, Xenophobia, Violence, Transphobia, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Drug abuse

samarawylie's review

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Violence, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Eating disorder, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

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

turtledoingyogagmailcom's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

babayagaofficial's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Racism

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Homophobia