Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein

5 reviews

katrinarose's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is a hard book to review because it covers so much ground. While she dives into many topics, I would consider her overarching themes to be about the causes and consequences of misinformation and conspiracies, and ultimately how cycles of oppression have played out in history through capitalism, fascism, and misinformation. She makes many interesting connections and observations that were insightful to me (such as the connection between anti-vaxxers and white supremacy, and the history of Asperger), as well as many I’ve heard before in circles of leftist politics. She does take on a hopeful tone and gives good advice for how leftist politics could be more effective. I think this book was an avenue for her to get a variety of topics off her chest (especially vaccine misinformation), and while I found some parts engaging, others dragged. Overall it’s a good read if you want to think about the state of politics and the internet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Medical content, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, and Police brutality

uranaishi's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Deportation

cerysl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sarahnella's review

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Medical content, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

oworthyfool's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation