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Reviews tagging 'Confinement'
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts
2 reviews
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.
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
Eugenicszosiablue'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.
Graphic: Racism, Classism, Abortion, and Slavery
Moderate: Medical content, Confinement, and Infertility
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