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nreyno's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Pregnancy, Outing, and Sexual harassment
vaykay's review against another edition
3.5
That said, I want to read more of Gay's more recent work to see how her voice and ideas have grown and changed in the last 10 years.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Homophobia and Abortion
Minor: Ableism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry
ginimeh's review against another edition
2.5
There were a lot of points where I thought "if I read this as a teen back when it was published I'd be able to take so much from it" and some thoughts and sentences are a welcomed gift for the next arguments I'll have with sexists or racists but further than that it didn't give me much. The only thing I really take away from it is that 2014 was still a year when "being feminist" meant to be a woman, to only talk about two genders, to mix up liking a specific color and shaving your legs is the same as supporting being a bad feminist. Honestly the last chapter accomplished to ruin the book for me. 2014 is almost a decade ago but if you write a book about feminism (no matter if it's about your perspective or the lense of media and society) I think one should look at the big scope of privilege and not only brush them while talking about two main points or axes of intersectionality. But maybe I'm putting to much responsibility on the author and thereby proof her point that we expect a lot from feminism.
Also I read it in German and the translation were horribly stiff sometimes.
Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Sexual harassment
schnanko's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Abortion, and Sexual harassment
maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
kia_y_k's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Sexual harassment
taviarz's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Sexual harassment
beca_reads's review against another edition
3.5
I went into this thinking it was going to be more statistical based but was more so Gay's personal journey with being a feminist while drawing on feminist research and global events To begin with I was not so sure on the writing style but I think maybe some of the earlier essay's were just weaker than some of the later essay's in the book. I did really enjoy how Gay talked about literature and other forms of the media throughout the book, It's left me with lots of good recommendations to read or watch and added a critical lens to media I've already consumed.
Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism
someonelikeblue's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Abortion
emmagreenwood's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment