Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

5 reviews

jadehusdanhicks's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Surviving and suffering

Mental health 

Victimisation 

Toxic and or abusive relationships 

Sex 

Capitalism and its effects 

Identity. Being Sikh and acknowledging the 1984 genocide 

Race and racism 

Misogyny 

Inclusion in feminism (trans inclusive)

Love 
loss
trauma 
healing 
femininity
 and migration 

The many themes present within this book.  I particularly loved some of the ones addressing and calling out the ineffectiveness of white feminism and its exclusionary practices. Additionally, I think it’s great that Kaur draws attention to her family’s historical traumas such as the Sikh genocide ontop of personal traumas such as the themes of rape we’ve seen through all three collections. 

Titles in this collection are mind heart rest awake. 
It feels like it’s a therapy, both for Kaur to write and to read and to relate to. Throughout reading these collections I’ve grown a great appreciation for Kaur’s writing and for her willingness to share some of these tough experiences with the world. 
I think these are a great entryway into poetry, with a mostly short format of simple stanzas and then the rare more intricate poem that takes up a few pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Genocide, Grief, and Rape

emoryscott's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Deportation, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Abortion, Sexual content, Cursing, Racism, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Rape, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Grief, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Biphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Mental illness, and Homophobia

abbyj_04's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.5

a lot of people dislike her work but be real: she creater a while genre of poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Classism, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Racism

arsenic_'s review against another edition

fast-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Classism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

starrygoldeneyes's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: War, Body shaming, Colonisation, and Hate crime