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bootsmom3's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Death, Medical trauma, Child death, Sexism, and Pedophilia
zombiezami's review
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child death, Racism, Medical content, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, and Classism
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Colonisation, Racial slurs, and Slavery
Colorismspinesinaline's review
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Medical content
Moderate: Pedophilia and Physical abuse
raynaaskiverr's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Classism, Pedophilia, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Police brutality
mariakureads's review against another edition
4.0
The first essay, Thick had me enraptured by how well versed and thought provoking it was as that's were the bulk of my highlights are. I found myself nodding along with a lot of points that Cottom made just in that opening essay. A lot of what she mentions in this first poem I understood and while I couldn't relate to every single point, but I was able to relate to some.
Her Dying to Be Competent was another essay that I was reading and taking notes as she spoke about such a personal moment in her own life and how easily Cottom was deemed incompetent for nothing more than her blackness as she states. This is one that made me angry and sad and then at a loss.
This book covers not just racism, and sexism, but how the healthcare system is a failure for women of color, most noticeably black women as well as sexual themes and misconceptions of women, in a way that not only I related to but in some cases had first hand experience in, while in others have heard about from other women. It's a read that I paused a lot while reading because of how it made me feel and think and I love that.
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Sexism