Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison

8 reviews

monstrouscosmos's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

definitely a hard listen, but I'm glad to have done it. while there is some historical rooting I appreciate that it mostly stayed in the realm of contemporary experience (the author's own and those of others). I think it's a necessary read for anyone interested in embodied experiences broadly (but esp along intersections of race, gender, and age). 

I did read the content warnings on Storygraph, but I really would have benefitted from content notes with chapters at the beginning of the book or at the beginning of chapters. I still would have listened, but I'd have been better prepared to do so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Death, Eating disorder, Ableism, Body shaming, Murder, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Transphobia, Colonisation, Classism, and Dysphoria

breadbummer's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Take care with this one; this should be required reading for everyone, but it's incredibly hard-hitting. I'm sure this topic can be, by absolutely ANY means, completely covered in this short read/listen, but Harrison provides a hell of a lot of information on the topic. Their dedication to the topic is also very noticeable in how they write which, as someone who has had to read some of the driest academic texts imaginable, I appreciate tremendously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Racism, Dysphoria, Murder, Fatphobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Transphobia

Minor: Confinement, Eating disorder, and Medical trauma

eliya's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

fantastic read. informative and not too dense to where it is difficult to process the information. i learned so much. de’schaun harrison writes in a way that is conversational yet obviously so informative. it felt like i was listening to one of my really smart friends talk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Medical trauma, Racism, Misogyny, Death, Violence, Slavery, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Fatphobia, Sexism, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Hate crime

otherworlds's review

challenging informative reflective

5.0

incredibly informative and important

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Racism, and Pedophilia

mals_reads's review

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Fatphobia, and Racism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Transphobia, and Sexual violence

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Fatphobia, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Pedophilia

Minor: Blood, Suicide, and Colonisation

Eugenics

lettuce_read's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual violence, Ableism, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

stelepami's review

challenging hopeful informative fast-paced

I couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Pedophilia