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rlgreen91's review against another edition
4.5
But as I said, this was necessary. The political is personal and the personal is political. The political and policy decisions we make has repercussions years, decades, centuries later. So much of the pain we deal with as a society is the consequences of deliberate political and policy decisions made by forebearers and ancestors. So much of the pain we deal with in our personal lives are the consequences of decisions made in response to those political and policy decisions. Simultaneously, we are the forebearers and ancestors making the political and policy decisions and decisions in response to that that will cause pain for others in the future. It all becomes this overwhelming, never-ending maze of hurt in many ways.
How do we start to heal on a personal and societal level? Hell, how do we just get it to stop hurting, at least? I agree with Laymon that that requires a level of honesty and vulnerability that many of us, myself included, struggle to engage with or refuse to contemplate.
This was a hard but necessary read - a memoir I will surely revisit but at least a good number of years from now. Maybe then I'll have a better idea of how to answer my questions. Until then - basking in Black abundance. 4.5 stars.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Addiction, Child abuse, and Racism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence
bootsmom3's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Racism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Medical content
Minor: Dementia
lowbrowhighart's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Addiction, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Islamophobia, Alcoholism, Grief, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Alcohol, Medical content, Sexism, Self harm, Police brutality, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Pedophilia, Death, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Car accident, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Cursing, Dementia, and Medical trauma
stevie's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia
mscalls's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Child death and Rape