Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

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

39 reviews

haleybird's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I know I’m late to the party, but this book is a must read for anyone who considers themselves a “feminist” - or anyone who doesn’t, for that matter. bell hooks presents the black feminist perspective in direct, easily digestible terms, making the information accessible to just about anyone. White people who consider themselves feminists would probably benefit most from this book. I think we have a duty to seek out different perspectives so that we might collectively learn to make the feminist movement in the West more inclusive. I loved this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Death, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.75

Makes me wish there was something between 4.75 and 5 lol but while a text I think should be required reading for all white and nonblack feminists tbh there’s times it shows it’s age (like clearly ahead of the 80s but still a product/limited by the age of that makes sense) also the end gets very repetitive. 

I think that’s because of her academic background and how conclusions are often expected to be summary of your entire argument? And honestly for a nonfiction book even as short as her books are that’s not a bad idea but listening to the audiobook you’re kinda just like why are we repeating ourselves we already argued more in-depth and better.  Very very good , much better then all about love. 

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Content Warnings

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

amsswim's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Required reading. Highly recommend to anyone and everyone. Intersectionality should be the standard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Classism, Death, Deportation, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Genocide, Grief, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

lizziaha's review against another edition

5.0

Now THIS is how you write and support a thesis!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual harassment

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

A difficult topic shown under a harsh almost clinical light.  Everything is so matter of fact, and it is so sad.  I don’t know why I decided to read this.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Classism, Racism, Violence, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Body shaming, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment

rorikae's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

‘Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism’ by bell hooks is an important look at how Black women have been forgotten and betrayed by the historically White feminist movement throughout American history. hooks starts by cementing an understanding of how Black women and White women interacted during slavery, especially pinpointing how White women abetted their White husbands and families in the subjugation of Black people. From there, hooks takes us through history and to the contemporary feminist movement, looking at how the feminist movement has never fully accepted and fought for Black women. Throughout the book, hooks also discusses intersections of patriarchy and the Black male experience, exploring how this has directly harmed Black women. 
This is a crucial text, a bedrock text, that I think everyone should read if they are interested in antiracism and understanding the need for intersectionality. hooks writes with such clarity that makes it easy to understand the history of how Black women have been treated in America. I think everyone would benefit from reading this book and that it should be mandatory reading.  

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Content Warnings

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

singingstar89's review against another edition

challenging dark informative

5.0

Very hard to read emotionally but super easy to understand. Something everyone should read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual violence, Racism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Slavery, Grief, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

hillysreads's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexism, and Racism

katross3's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Slavery, and Rape

smilagros's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I listened to this on audio and I highly recommend that experience. But I also wish that I had a physical copy to annotate because there was A LOT that I wanted to highlight and tab. There was a few things that I knew about but there was a really good conversation that I needed to listen to. I think everyone should read this because it may by eye opening to some, it may not be to others but you will learn ATLEAST SOMETHING from this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Deadnaming, Slavery, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and Colonisation