Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

44 reviews

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Hate crime, Classism, Sexual violence, Genocide, Gore, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual harassment, Rape, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, War, Kidnapping, Sexism, Torture, and Trafficking

jojo_'s review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Slavery, Classism, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Transphobia, Islamophobia, and Colonisation

crybabybea's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

nefariousbee's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

My first text by bell hooks and I am blown away by the nuance, the sharp eye, the eloquence, and the deep knowledge of the field. This book is just as current today as it was in the 80's, not only for the American feminists. This might be one of the most important and influential piece of literature I have ever had the pleasure to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Sexism

ynotlime's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault

schivakumaran's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is one of those books that will stay with me forever.

How can a racist woman call herself a feminist?

Fantastic Important and a Necessary read. This was me learning and understanding a different perspective therefore I cannot comment on it in the same way I could a non fiction book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Rape, Racial slurs, Genocide, Bullying, Child death, Sexual violence, Racism, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Torture, Gun violence, Grief, and Domestic abuse

deedubb's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Homophobia

knicke's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

This is a review for the audiobook narrated by Adenrele Ojo. Ojo does a fantastic job of narrating this text. As for hooks, she provides a very comprehensive, touching, and deeply insightful look into black feminism — making this text widely accessible. The biggest criticism I would have of “Ain’t I a Woman” is where hooks’ locates power. At times it seems she locates power in the mind of individuals and other times she seems to place it in structure. I found this to cause some passages to contradict others. And while I don’t think this is an issue that all texts focused on intersectionality needs to address — I do think that hooks’ critique and analysis of social change and social movements necessitates a more direct engagement with her epistemological and ontological assumptions. Still, this is a great text and certainly worth the read (or in my case, listen)!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Slavery, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

jenny_d's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Racism

trademark's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Racism

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape