Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell

4 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

This book deserves a lot of consideration. It’s extremely dense but infinitely readable. She covers so much, and I love her vision for the world. I love that she thinks it’s possible when I feel so powerless. I recommend reading it in small chunks to absorb it all and to give it its due consideration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Torture, Colonisation, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Deportation, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Blood, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Violence, Child death, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, and Rape

progeny8277's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

An incredible read. Purnell provides a great ratio of stories to statistics, and every piece of information makes a compelling case for abolition. This was not an issue I had any prior education on, but the author connected abolition to many topics I did have experience with, such as environmentalism and LGBT rights. It was especially enlightening for me, someone who has had very few interactions with the police, as to how awful having to deal with them can be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cancer, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Mental illness, Transphobia, War, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Abortion, Child abuse, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Slavery, Child death, Miscarriage, Classism, Rape, and Sexual assault

amberinpieces's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, and Confinement

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Cancer, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Minor: Trafficking, Xenophobia, Drug use, Pregnancy, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Gaslighting, Genocide, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Drug abuse

uranaishi's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Police brutality, and Slavery

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Transphobia, War, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Torture, Xenophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Incest, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship