Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

94 reviews

tprsjr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Blood, Cursing, Racism, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Stalking, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Drug use, Outing, and Body shaming

cocorenfroe's review against another edition

challenging hopeful medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

se_wigget's review

dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

 

Fuck you, fucking piece of fucking shit fucking victim-blaming fucking rape apologists fucking misogynists. You are the fuck devoid of any redeeming quality.  And that fucking includes you, fucking piece of fucking shit Washington fucking Post. 

This is an intense personal account of the author's experience after rape. It has insightful cultural commentary. Make that... shitculture commentary.

 

"Victims are often, automatically, accused of lying. But when a perpetrator is exposed for lying, the stigma doesn't stick. Why is it that we're wary of victims making false accusations, but rarely consider how many men have blatantly lied about, downplayed, or manipulated others to cover their own actions (p. 191)?" 

 

"Nobody earns the right to rape. It is still rape when he is a good swimmer (p. 249)." 

 

Sexual predators as gaslighters: 

"Society [rape culture] gives women the near impossible task of separating harmlessness from danger, the foresight of knowing what some men are capable of. When we call out assault when we hear it, Trump says, I don't think you understand.  Just words. You are overreacting, overly offended, hysterical, rude [projecting], relax!!! So we dismiss threatening statements and warning signs, apologizing for our [nonexistent] paranoia. We go into a party or meeting thinking it's just a party or meeting.  But when we are taken advantage of, and come crawling back damaged, they say, How could you be so naive, you failed to detect danger, let your guard down, what did you think would happen? Trump made it clear the game is rigged, the rules keep changing. It doesn't matter what you think [or know] is assault, because in the end, he [the sexual predator] decides (p. 278)." 

  

"When society questions a victim's reluctance to report, I will be here to remind you that you ask us to sacrifice our sanity to fight outdated structures that were designed to keep us down (p. 288)." 

 

"This is not a out the victim's lack of effort. It's about society's failure to to have systems in place in which victims feel there's a probable chance of achieving safety, justice, and restoration rather than being traumatized, publicly shamed, psychologically tormented, and verbally mauled. The real question we need to be asking is not, Why didn't she report. The question is, Why would you (p. 288)?" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Bullying, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

megukoyama's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

jhabelita's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

*not me in a rabbit hole of reading news article about this Chanel Miller. Brock Turner, you deserve hell on earth. 🖕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

wquindley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

this is my first 5 star read of the year. this book is amazing and chanel’s ability to write her story so eloquently is admirable. my chest hurt so much while reading this book, and as much as i thought i knew about r*pe cases in courts, i really had no clue how much injustice really existed. every time i thought it was finally over, chanel and her family and friends finally had the ending they wanted something else would come up. i didn’t realize that a guilty sentence does not mean case closed. it is not that easy. it is so messed up and unfathomable how many injustices occur in the court system.  chanel’s strength was insane and i felt the anger, the sadness, the frustration, the empathy with every setback, every negative comment, every person who made grossly inaccurate, invalidating, inconsistent claims about victims. i’m so grateful that chanel was empowered enough to keep going and had the support to because her story is so important and inspiring for others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Racism

jjoycoyle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, and Mental illness

beanie_bob's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense

5.0

As my second read of 2024, this follows up Jon Krakauer’s Missoula. This was an intentional choice on my part as I wanted to continue my journey of truth seeking. Missoula acts as a microcosm to examine sexual violence on campus and acquaintance rape, weaving many stories together. Know My Name is one story but, astonishingly, it reaches out and connects with all stories. The latter chapters specifically discuss cases that rose up after Channel testified, as well as pays respect to the women who came before her.

I was a Bay Area High School Senior the year Channel was raped by Brock Turner, and then a college Freshman when his absurd sentencing unfolded. Six months, but out after three. I’ll never forget it as long as I live. The injustice burned something inside me and whenever a rape trial occurs I think about Brock.

Channel was anonymous in the four years following her rape. In my mind, Emily Doe was a girl like me and in some ways I was right; born in June, Bay Area native, an artist, a writer. What I never knew, and could never know, was how wholly individual she is. Can you ever fully know a person, in all their complexities? Channel shares so much of herself in her memoir, takes healing into her own hands to reclaim her voice and her name.

There were some moments where the writing didn’t work for me (mainly some of her metaphors), but how can I complain when so much more of the book was insightful, inspiring, difficult but important? And what does it matter when so much more had me highlighting and saying, yes you are so right.

I do not owe him my success, my becoming, he did not create me. The only credit Brock can take is for assaulting me, and he could never even admit to that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism

oceanw1's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Vomit, Animal death, Police brutality, Racism, and Suicide