Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Im Grunde gut: Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit by Rutger Bregman

2 reviews

beccatalksbooks's review against another edition

Was really enjoying Bregman’s writing and arguments, right up until he showed some pretty intense fatphobia on page 198-199, pointing to fat people as a symptom of how society is bad for us. Ugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

toffishay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

A really moving read! It makes me sad to think about how far we have falling, how society has taken away so much of our humanity, but I feel hopeful from the historical examples and inspired by the modern ones of the ways that people have and will continue to love and fight for each other. I want to take this energy and go out into my community! Be a realistic; make the world a better place :) What stops this from being a full 5 star read for me, is only that I would have appreciated more intersectionality in the applications of these ideas and I think that further reading could provide that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death, Genocide, Classism, Antisemitism, War, Hate crime, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Racism, Grief, Blood, Gun violence, and Colonisation

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, Alcoholism, Slavery, Islamophobia, Addiction, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, and Religious bigotry