Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

52 reviews

queenshrike's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This is not a book that I think can be read in one sitting. I had to pause and come back so many times. Not just out of sadness or anger but because a phrase, a line, a stanza, a poem hit me in a deep place and I needed a moment or several really. I adore this work.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

hngisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Transphobia, and Violence

caitlinbutcher's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Slavery, Trafficking, Racism, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Beautiful poems about all the ways Black women lose, repossess, fight for, love, and leave their homes, both figurative and literal. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

readmeem's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

This would be a pleasant read for any woman of color. I felt so many of these poems (even starred some). One thing that I would have liked to see is a break up of when they would start talking about another section (family, relationships, rape etc)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Racial slurs, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, Racism, Grief, Rape, and Pregnancy

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death

wren_rainbow's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical trauma, and Rape

ollie_again's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

 

You will not call yourself a ______
because her body was made
for you,
and how dare she
act like
she owns herself.

I'm usually not much for poetry, but this is phenomenal 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Rape, Racism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Murder, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Transphobia

mommytaco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Rape

janicew9's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Violence