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Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
4 reviews
cronchbonch's review against another edition
5.0
A multicultural peak into how cultures and people looked at gender through time while giving care to those retellings. Amazing
The level of care and love poured into this book is a gift. I am going to reccommend this book to most people who want to start looking at queer history but dont know where to start. Allies who dont understand.
Minor: Transphobia, Violence, and Sexual harassment
g_whitt's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism
I had so little understanding of the history covered in this book, and never expected to find a work like it. The author is very cautious in defining terms, explaining differences in culture, sharing histories before colonization & globalization, displaying episodes of appropriation, and shows special care in representing people who were individuals in their own time. Though there is a lot of hope in the sentiment that we have always been here, the author doesn’t present a golden or idealistic version of the past. There are some passages that were difficult to listen to, and there were passages I had to return to again at a later time. However, these difficult moments were not needlessly gruesome, and though there was no dwelling on evils, it was not shied away from either. The reader-author has a calm voice which expressed care for the topic and the people who were shared with the audience. I feel like I could write an essay on this work, but will leave it at this: excellent work, well presented, hopeful in spite of tragedy and difficulty. A good read for anyone interested in a more complete reading of world history.zombiezami's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation
Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Dysphoria
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Biphobia, Cursing, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Eugenics, Intersexism, Incarcerationbookmark3brodi's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Classism