Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

5 reviews

culpeppper's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is bursting with feeling, and I loved everything I heard in the author's voice as she read from this. The cementing of the speaker is established very early on, in this home, before switching to other places and times, exploring the violence inflicted on black women, trans women, marginalized women, women by other women— and yet finding love, sensitivity, and care to balance out the oscillations of theme. It's not all violence, hatred, but many of the poems focus on a sense of belonging or not belonging, feeling tugged from and to things, and being questioned on who, or what, you are the entire time. It's moving, visceral, upsetting while peaceful, loving in it's care for speaker, subject, and readers alike. It offers real vulnerability that I crave in poetry. I would rate the audio book version itself a 4.75 due to having trouble discerning the poems from one another, or what their titles were, as the breaks between poetry and title were too short to pick up sometimes. I will definitely need to see these all in a printed format, because although the author's voice added much more personal depth and allowed for some really interesting readings of the poems (like "Missing Girls"), I think I need to really sit with these and read at my own pace again soon!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pregnancy, Slavery, Lesbophobia, Death, Ableism, Murder, Torture, Medical trauma, Rape, Violence, Grief, Child death, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Bullying, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Blood, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Cancer

kaynova's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

i need to purchase the audiobook and the physical book because i need this for keepsakes, i need to hold this to my heart, no scratch that, my soul.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Lesbophobia, Grief, Police brutality, Death of parent, Body horror, Rape, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Trafficking, Police brutality, and Gun violence

caitlinbutcher's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Slavery, Trafficking, Racism, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

edithcazares02's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

This was absolutely powerful, Insightful and at times a little triggering. But I couldn’t put it down once I got going, I admit that I ugly cried about 90% of this book. The underlying messages were incredible and done with such beauty at times. 

This book will stay with me for a long time 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Torture, Transphobia, Grief, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking