Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

24 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

What a powerful introduction to Audre Lorde’s words. I read so many lines over and over to let them sink in. There were such meaningful, clear anecdotes and heavy research to support Lorde’s points. This is definitely a collection I will come back to time and time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Classism, Lesbophobia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Police brutality, Bullying, Rape, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Cancer, and Genocide

linguaphile412's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Colonisation, Cancer, Sexual violence, and Classism

kennedylamb's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, Racism, and Police brutality

lizard800's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was an interesting read for me. It's a bit depressing that many of the issues being addressed here in the 70s and 80s are still with us. There are some iconic essays/speeches in this book, but the long meandering interview with Adrienne Rich in the middle could easily have been cut without losing anything important.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Violence

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

a work much deserving of its classic status, sister outsider is raw, incisive, deep, and searing; its soul-searching, reclaiming of self and space, and examination into the sinister nooks and crevices of american society in all its -isms and complex intersectionality are cloaked w/ righteous (and relatable) rage, all succinctly yet effectivively articulated in a mix of prose, poems, and interviews, among others, though the last chapter kinda throws me off in its placement and seeming detour from content presented earlier in the book.

not only does lorde get me nodding my head off in vigorous agreement, she also leaves me awed and astounded at times at how insightful and revealing her observations and truth-telling are, and her call to self-awareness and action are inspiring. she's also light years ahead of many others in her understanding and communication of the seemingly seamless blending of race, sex, sexual orientation, class, and other aspects of complex intersectionality, as well as her awareness of her own positionality, resulting in a startlingly non-western-centric work. this is def a book to keep and read then reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Death, Medical trauma, Child death, Infertility, and Rape

solitract13's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

dumaurier's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Rape, Cancer, and Racial slurs

aishallnot's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

This is my first time reading/learning about Audre and her philosophies and I love her writing and how show shapes her perspectives in society as a black lesbian feminist. Even though her words were written decades ago they still apply today in the 21st century. I'm hoping to get a physical copy so I can annotate and reflect on her words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Racial slurs

lucys_library's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Murder, Misogyny, and Sexism