Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction by Karen Martin, Makhosazana Xaba

2 reviews

imrereads's review

emotional reflective

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This collection really stuck with me. Anthologies are always difficult, because it's almost unavoidable that some stories just won't work for me. I felt like I really enjoyed the majority here though.

Looking through the content list, these stick out as my favourites:
- Pelican Driver by Davina Owombre
- The Bath by Wamuwi Mbao
- Jambula Tree by Monica Arac De Nyeko
- Punch by Martin Hatchuel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Murder, Body shaming, Death, and Lesbophobia

estosnosonlibros's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Spa: El subtítulo de la traducción es engañoso por decir lo menos. Estos relatos no tienen nada "contra" la homofobia. Estos textos, si bien muestran la manera en la que se ven las identidades queer en el continente africano, pero perpetúa el "al final mueren porque homosexuales", la violencia es casi aceptada (y romantizada, erotizada) por los personajes, algunos textos son difíciles de leer.

Eng: I read the Spanish translation of this work. To keep it short, the foreword and the subtitle of the books are misleading. May look for this book in English soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia