Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

21 reviews

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

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Child death, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Rape, and Torture

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

smiley_ari's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This was so good! Super informative and eye opening. This definitely helped me see a lot of the myths I unconsciously believed were true. The recounts of slavery and the horrors black women in particular truly gave be a better understanding of the horrors my ancestors went through. Unsurprisingly I never learned this in my history books in school. 

A great book that everyone should be required to read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Child abuse, Slavery, Violence, Racism, and Torture

chaya_v's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

This was really informative and shows what feminism should be like. If you want to learn more about intersectionality and how the women’s rights movement leaded by white women often meant the rich white women’s movement since they didn’t care for BIPOC or others social economic classes. 
Bell Hooks is amazing!! Must read

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Content Warnings

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Police brutality, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

vrede's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Sexism, Trafficking, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Torture, Racism, and Emotional abuse

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