Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

6 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

3.25

As a disclaimer: I think this book would’ve come across better in print format instead of audiobook. Some of the formatting and content felt disjointed in audio. That being said, I had a hard time figuring out what this story was trying to communicate, though it did bring up some good questions about blended families for reflection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Cancer and Abortion

jaiari12's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Stalking, Sexism, and Pregnancy

maess's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Grief, Homophobia, Sexism, Stalking, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual content, Abortion, Terminal illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Vomit, Outing, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

o3tri's review against another edition

medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Cultural appropriation, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexism, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Cancer, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Transphobia, Homophobia, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Fatphobia, Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

lilysendroff's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Combination of theory and memoir, muddies the binary of transgressive and normative through reflections on queerness, motherhood, pregnancy, and family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction and Sexism

Minor: Abortion

Frequent mentions of Buddhism, reference to a theorist who makes questionable claims about being pregnant with mixed children as a white woman, and naming their child with a Native American name are all aspects of the books that entirely fail to interrogate the role whiteness, which is both jarring and disappointing.

cryptidcas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.5

confusing, poor structure, amazing points

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, Stalking, and Transphobia

Minor: Abortion