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amsswim's review against another edition
5.0
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
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
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
schivakumaran's review against another edition
5.0
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
kierscrivener's review against another edition
3.25
Her contemporary was 81, and though racism is still roaring its nasty head, the landscape of feminism, civil rights and Black consciousness looks very different now then it did forty years ago. But anything I say please feel free to correct me as I am not Black and I was born in 1997 in Canada, so my critics are far from expert level or first hand.
(sexual violence discussion, skip paragraph)
The first time I rewound was when she claimed no male slaves were sexually assualted (as sexism would not allow them to practice homosexuality). I went back twice to make sure that was actually what was said. It was. It's 1981 so I'll give her a pass, but what I definitely know is upholding the patriarchy doesn't make you any less gay, and sexual assualt, molestation and sexual torture have been inflicted by many straight men as a way to humiliate other men. As in a patriarchy the idea of being a woman, being dominated is the worst you can be. And with the amount of rape that took place of female slaves, it is most definite that many, many men and boys were also subject to sexual violence and trauma.
She references Audre Lorde but does not address sexuality except to dismiss it or denounce white lesbians as not a 'we.' And in the closing chapter in a list of how white women just want to replace men in the power of dominance but she wants to destroys dominance lists lesbians as not helping women who want to sleep with men. Which I guess is in the strictest sense is true but for someone who is preaching intersectionality and how she wants to break the bars between gender, race and class. Who constantly critiques white women for not advocating for the rights of all women and then to turn and say but not women who sleep with women. That's antithetical. Unless in her 80s thinking she thinks lesbians are only desiring women as a copy of men. and yet still. To repeatedly bring it up is rather uncomfortable
There is also other notions around Black men as rapists no longer being a prejudice peddled. When I would argue that this is one of the most enduring myths and prejudices. And Black women refusing to join the movement as they just want their men to step up so they can be housewives. And the lack of Black women in interracial relationships (which may still be the case I am not sure in the United States, I grew up with lots of mixed families and my sister in law is biracial to my brother's white). A lot of it though is really the housewife thing and why Black women would want to lower their feminist ideas to focus on racial equality and reclamation of womanhood. Which to me, and it might just be that white girlboss feminism is unappealing and I actively seek out intersectional feminism but the idea of anti racism and feminism being separate is truly foreign, so is seeing the Black women in my life not passionate about both. It could be my circle, it could be that Canada is more left leaning, or I could be totally wrong.
I would like to end by recommending Hood Feminism: Notes From The Women The Movement Forgot as a great book to read in tandem or one after the other. I think ain't i a woman still has much merit but it shows its age.
Graphic: Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Homophobia