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mangofraiche's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Classism, Colonisation, Police brutality, and Racism
auudrey's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexism and Racism
Moderate: Sexual assault
bookishcori's review against another edition
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Medical trauma
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
heydebigale's review against another edition
5.0
It’s a heartbreaking read that discusses the intersection of misogyny and racism that Black women face. In the words of Tressue McMillan Cottom: Trust Black Woman.
Graphic: Blood and Pregnancy
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexism, Racism, and Sexual assault
vaniavela's review
5.0
Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Fatphobia, and Racism
Moderate: Rape, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault
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
skudiklier's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny