Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

4 reviews

drsquared's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Bullying, Racism, Abortion, and Classism

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

So many gut punches, especially when you consider that things have gotten so much worse for reproductive justice since this book first came out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Self harm, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Child death, Genocide, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Addiction, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Incest

Eugenics

zosiablue's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.25

There was so much in this book I'd never thought about, which shows my privilege like neon. Infuriating and unsurprising, the way this country has treated the reproductive rights of Black people is disgusting and heartbreaking. This was written in 1997, but not much has changed since! The system is designed to punish Black people for having children. Full stop. Really damning and subversive book, even for 2023. Recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Abortion, and Slavery

Moderate: Medical content, Confinement, and Infertility

eristellar's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape, Addiction, Infertility, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault