Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

11 reviews

acemummerz's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A wonderful fairly short text on the history of sex from a western/ UK perspective. Very well referenced with a multitude of links to other texts to expand your knowledge further. Funny and educational. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Vomit, Sexism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Murder, Racism, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Miscarriage, Death, Hate crime, Blood, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Slavery

catherinedsharp's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

A really interesting book that I will take to build upon with other research! Looking at sexuality has always been a difficult topic but this book links it to so many things and explores it all in a sensitive, funny and informative way. Would highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Child death, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

tlholmes's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Abortion

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Colonisation, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Outing, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

bookchatwithbeth's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I only wish some of the chapters were longer or the book twice as long. It was fascinating!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Body shaming, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Religious bigotry, and Racial slurs

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicide, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Slavery, Infidelity, Abortion, Infertility, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

mateoj's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

very entertaining and informative, and I appreciated the extensive use of primary sources. It was a welcome surprise to read the disclaimer in the introduction acknowledging the existence of trans people and the fact that primary sources almost always take a cisgendered view on sex and genitalia, but I do wish Lister had done more in her own use of language to try and correct that instead of just offering a disclaimer and going on to adhere to that cis-centric perspective. A few "people with vulvas" and "people with penises" would not have been unwelcome, but nonetheless I have to give her credit for even acknowledging the issue at all. The condemnation of FOSTA/SESTA and explicit support of sex workers was also a welcome surprise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Cursing, Medical content, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Rape

jamesherondalle's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Abortion

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, Homophobia, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

lena04's review against another edition

challenging funny informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, Body shaming, and Homophobia

thejuliette's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Death

marionlundqvist's review against another edition

funny informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, and Transphobia