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michaelion's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Lesbophobia
shaerikireads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, and Violence
yellow_star's review against another edition
4.0
There's a lot of sad in this, and it's not really a beautiful restful poetry book it's more of a mourning and rebellion book. The author discusses human rights violations against African Americans and queer people and women, writes poetic responses to celebrities like Kanye and Serena and Michelle Obama, and does some experimenting with form like a word search for women murdered as a racist hate crime. Even poems that should be happy like the love of a mother or romantic partner are uneasy and fearful of future pain and violence. The poems about abused slaves and rape are too real and painful to read. Overall a good thing to read, but choose a reading time when you have some emotional bandwidth free to process it.
There's also some sections on institutional abuse of the physically and mentally disabled. And some standing with missing or murdered indigenous women.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Classism
hngisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia
janicew9's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Violence
readsandsuch's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Medical trauma
danaleelin's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder