Reviews tagging 'Classism'

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts

3 reviews

abelh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Ableism, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Medical content, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Classism, Misogyny, Outing, Transphobia, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

znvisser's review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

4.75

 This has been on my to-read for a while and oof, I am impressed. This is such an amazing work of investigative journalism, especially considering how close to all events this has been written. Shilts manages to incorporate many causes, perspectives and subcultures that collided into this big mess of handling this horrible epidemic: politics, capitalism, academia and its publishing, healthcare and its funding, (fear of) homophobia, media functioning… the unfolding of this epidemic is such a heartbreaking piece of history and this story outlines in much detail how it all went so terribly wrong, including many key characters and organizations. Even with the subject matter aside however, it isn’t an easy read: it’s long and slow paced due to the many events covered, and during the audio I sometimes had trouble keeping all organisations and individuals apart; but it’s a journey that provides many impactful insights nonetheless. Every organisation, sector and government  should keep learning their lessons from this so nothing like this can ever happen again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Classism, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Addiction, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Medical content, Terminal illness, Torture, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship