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thehomiemona's review
4.5
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Rape
anniereads221's review
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Rape, Violence, Racial slurs, Grief, Police brutality, Blood, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Gun violence, and Racism
Moderate: Cancer and Death
Minor: Slavery and Transphobia
jaiari12's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Lesbophobia, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Sexual violence
ashlightgrayson's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Cursing, and Slavery
Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Transphobia, Biphobia, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Death, Suicide, Self harm, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Body shaming
valeriaperez261's review against another edition
3.5
Some poems made me quite literally tear up while others felt Rupi Kaur-esque so to say I got literary whiplash from this collection is an understatement. Overall I think the words were beautiful and encapsulated the author’s experience very compellingly, I just wish it had gone through some more editing to filter out the filler. When I talk about the filler I mean poems like “Sharp”, they take away from the ones like “Birthing children not her own” and “Trans-panic”.
Still I think it was pretty accessible and an enjoyable (as enjoyable as trauma can be) and important read.
Graphic: Rape, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs
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: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Confinement, Grief, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Homophobia, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Child death, Child abuse, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Ableism
readmeem's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Murder, Racial slurs, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, Racism, Grief, Rape, and Pregnancy
janicew9's review
4.75
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Violence
bookiecharm's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Slavery
yogilawyer's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Police brutality