Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

4 reviews

sunflovver's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

This book made me realize a lot of what I didn’t like in the world was because it was made with men only in mind. In all areas of transportation, healthcare, product design, politics, and even disaster relief efforts. My one critique is that there is not a lot of trans-inclusive language but this book is about the lack of data on AFAB bodies and cis women. 

I had the latest edition that included an epilogue about the Covid pandemic which I appreciated because some lines were harrowing to read from a book published in 2019. Overall, an eye-opening read. I want to read more feminist literature like this 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Excrement

zombiezami's review against another edition

Although I was excited for this book and getting lots of interesting and surprising facts from it, some of the turns of phrase struck me as outdated at best and cis-centric/transphobic at worst. Some of these include "female-bodied," saying she considers women to be those with XX chromosomes (fun fact: almost no one checks their chromosomes because it's expensive to do so, so the XX/XY dichotomy is a generalization, even before you get into intersex people existing), and quoting someone who says that "pregnancy is not a gender-neutral event." These statements, plus hearing that the author was British, gave me pause. 

I searched the author online and found that she had said some transphobic dogwhistles that she erased rather than apologizing for. Aside from this, her solutions to various issues such as sexual violence seem focused on carcerality. Even if the author had said, "I'm focusing on cis women because that's what data I have," that would have been a bit more excusable, but I don't feel good about continuing to read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Excrement

Minor: War

Menstruation

rhianonw's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Excrement, and Lesbophobia

hollieee's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Dementia, Car accident, and Abortion