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What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape by Sohaila Abdulali
5 reviews
marieb25's review
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape
kayesomething's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, and Sexual content
Minor: Death, Murder, War, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Medical trauma
sammantha's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape
kaitlinlauren's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Sohaila Abdulali has written a book that is incredibly honest, incredibly intimate, and effortlessly authoritative. the voice of the book is analyzing where we are at in our fight against rape culture, and in the same breath, we see all the ways that humanity got us here. despite all the truth that Abdulali lays out for us, we are not left without hope.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence
courtneyp's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
"No matter what happened, here I am."
This book explores the nuances and impacts of how different societies around the world speak about rape in public discourse. Parts were difficult to get through (at one point I had to put it aside for a few weeks), not because they were poorly written, but because the content was, by its very nature, triggering at points. That being said, I am very glad I got through it. It was scathing, heartbreaking, and hopeful all at once. Changing the culture surrounding rape is crucial to reducing or, if you're a "mad dreamer" like Abdulali, eliminating it. Anyone who feels able to do so should read this book.
This book explores the nuances and impacts of how different societies around the world speak about rape in public discourse. Parts were difficult to get through (at one point I had to put it aside for a few weeks), not because they were poorly written, but because the content was, by its very nature, triggering at points. That being said, I am very glad I got through it. It was scathing, heartbreaking, and hopeful all at once. Changing the culture surrounding rape is crucial to reducing or, if you're a "mad dreamer" like Abdulali, eliminating it. Anyone who feels able to do so should read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
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