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buttermellow's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Medical trauma
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Racism, Misogyny, Rape, Classism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Fatphobia and Police brutality
zombiezami's review
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
These essays are haunting and they wrecked me. Cotton’s way of thinking is accurate and painful. Her writing will stay with me for a long time.
Content Warnings
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
Colorismmariakureads'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.
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Sexism
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