Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

10 reviews

maxinekelly's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Child death, Racism, and Grief

buttermellow's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Racism, Misogyny, Rape, Classism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Fatphobia and Police brutality

dominic_t's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This is a completely fantastic book of essays! Tressie Mcmillan Cottom is funny and insightful, and she really got me thinking differently about the topics she covered. Her writing style is incredibly engaging and heartfelt. She is funny and thoughtful, and her prose is gorgeous. It's one of the best books I've read this year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Child death, and Medical trauma

thatbookbinch's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Child death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

spinesinaline's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Pedophilia and Physical abuse

raynaaskiverr's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Pedophilia, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Police brutality

vaniavela's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Fatphobia, and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

mariakureads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was a fantastic read that I found myself highlighting a lot.

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.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I had absolutely no expectations for this book going in, other than it was a collection of essays. They were all so extremely good, and I would recommend this book to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

jmarsh's review

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Child death, Medical trauma, and Rape