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mariannelarousse's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Rape, Death, and Misogyny
frantically's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.25
A good starting point into interesting feminist topics. I especially enjoyed the part of the "Public Voice" of women and how it's able to be related to ancient times. I greatly appreciated Beard's thoughts on the #MeToo movement at the end of the book and how she puts them into the bigger picture of the book. These are well written speeches and Beard herself acknowledges that they aren't as fleshed out as they could be but I wish they had been! The length they're now, it all just feels like a very long introduction.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Body horror, Death, and War
iinasomnia's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Bullying, Violence, and Suicide
Minor: Death
ginameix's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
An excellent lecture by the wonderful Mary Beard on how our definitions of power and public speech are stacked in favor of men and how they have been since the ancient world.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Blood, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence
Beard alludes to and retells several stories from the ancient world including Medusa and Philomela that include blood, death, etc. She also includes several anticodtes about sexism in current social media and threats to women.
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