Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

10 reviews

sanctuary_in_the_pages's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Minor: Rape and Transphobia

kshertz's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.75

I learned a lot. I loved the perspective. So much of this went over my head but I tried! The experience of this scientist is important and I look forward to recommending to science peoples! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

kk_gotit_goinon's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Everyone in academia should read this book. It calls out the experience of so many of us that most people refuse to acknowledge: racism, classism, ableism. All of these are still extremely prominent even in places that claim to be "committed to DEI" even in California where I live and work. 

Dr. Prescod-Weinstein lays everything out so well but without talking down to you or coming off like she is right and you are wrong. She doesn't claim to have all the answers or to know how to solve everything while still pointing out the very real issues that have to be addressed. 

Oh and the physics is pretty interesting but easy to understand (for a neuroscientist at least haha!) 

A must read for a academics and folks who want to try to make the world a better place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation, Classism, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Rape

solenodon's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexism, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Child abuse, Slavery, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Colonisation, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Antisemitism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Colonisation, Sexism, Misogyny, and Transphobia

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Car accident, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Death, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Ableism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racial slurs, Cancer, and Suicide

Colorism. Eugenics, mentions of forced sterilization. Climate change. Rape and assault are discussed and frankly but not graphically described; a chapter centered around rape includes a content warning in the preface and is able to be skipped.

laserdiscreader's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Very interesting read, even if it took me a while to read. Starts out very focused on physics, and as someone who purposely did not take physics, it was a rough start. But the focus changes about a third of the way through and begins to focus on social topics. It was great to hear their perspective (cannot remember their pronouns but do know they're agender). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.0

The early chapters of this book lay out the author’s interest in physics with a palpable enthusiasm, while the later chapters discuss the ways that the dominant culture manifests in academia and the physics "community" that work to dim that enthusiasm. I hadn't really considered the ways that science as a discipline and idea are socially constructed so there's lots to think about.

(I did dock a star because I found the chapter on gender a bit reductive - I hate the narrative that nonbinary people exist because they are the only ones who object to traditional gender roles and this chapter skirts pretty close to that. Overall though a great read.)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Ableism, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Medical content, Racial slurs, Classism, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, and Transphobia

Minor: Chronic illness, Cancer, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

yaelm's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

qqjj's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

bookiecharm's review against another edition

challenging reflective

5.0

This will take me time to process but it’s everything I want out of a nonfiction science/memoir book. I will probably wait til the paperback comes out to purchase and reread. All of the references and the thoughtfulness in the writing make me want to reread it even though I dislike physics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Minor: Chronic illness and Injury/Injury detail