Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Life of the Party: Poems by Olivia Gatwood

10 reviews

abmochapman's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

wow. olivia gatwood so skillfully connects her early experiences, our modern-day obsession with true crime, and the fears of women across the board. throughout her collection of poems, she gives gentle but firm notice to the role race plays in real women’s outcomes. and with grace, she dances around how simultaneously rational and irrational women’s fears can often be. I felt both held and challenged by the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Minor: Child abuse

bridgetmnelson's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Murder

shannonstewart's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexism

vanesst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping, Stalking, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

inesjp_'s review

dark medium-paced

1.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

sarahrosea's review

dark reflective sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

viacrow's review

challenging dark fast-paced

5.0

olivia manages to encapsulate every fear and desire and insecurity and experience i’ve ever had and turn it into art. this body of work makes me feel safe in a world where i am not 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexism

lk3ssaf's review

dark emotional reflective

3.25

My favorite poems were the ones involving Jordan and the summer. I also liked the poems about Aileen. I don't quite like true crime and stories about dead girls, but this wasn't so bad. 

Also, poems that are written as though they are a stream of consciousness seem to be trying too hard to achieve that effortlessness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

jainnyreads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

1.5

I can see why people love this collection, but I honestly got about a quarter of the way through and hate-read it until the end. The only poem I genuinely enjoyed was “Ode to My Bitch Face,” which is what brought it up that extra .5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sonofjorgen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder