Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

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

2 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

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

3.0

A hard hitting, harrowing read. This is probably the book that took me the longest to read this year, as there are so many names and perspectives to contend with. It was astonishing that the administration and media didn’t cover the AIDS epidemic from the get go, and Shilts doesn’t hold back on his criticism of that. However, his portrayal of Gaetan Dugas (dubbed ‘Patient Zero’) felt aggressive and it felt unfair that Dugas could not say anything back, as he passed away in 1984.
Overall, this was a good but quite dated look into the AIDS epidemic. I think I would like to find a more sensitive perspective into this topic 😳

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Terminal illness