Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 2nd Edition by bell hooks

40 reviews

crybabybea's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

nefariousbee's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

My first text by bell hooks and I am blown away by the nuance, the sharp eye, the eloquence, and the deep knowledge of the field. This book is just as current today as it was in the 80's, not only for the American feminists. This might be one of the most important and influential piece of literature I have ever had the pleasure to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Sexism

schivakumaran's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is one of those books that will stay with me forever.

How can a racist woman call herself a feminist?

Fantastic Important and a Necessary read. This was me learning and understanding a different perspective therefore I cannot comment on it in the same way I could a non fiction book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Rape, Racial slurs, Genocide, Bullying, Child death, Sexual violence, Racism, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Torture, Gun violence, Grief, and Domestic abuse

knicke's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

This is a review for the audiobook narrated by Adenrele Ojo. Ojo does a fantastic job of narrating this text. As for hooks, she provides a very comprehensive, touching, and deeply insightful look into black feminism — making this text widely accessible. The biggest criticism I would have of “Ain’t I a Woman” is where hooks’ locates power. At times it seems she locates power in the mind of individuals and other times she seems to place it in structure. I found this to cause some passages to contradict others. And while I don’t think this is an issue that all texts focused on intersectionality needs to address — I do think that hooks’ critique and analysis of social change and social movements necessitates a more direct engagement with her epistemological and ontological assumptions. Still, this is a great text and certainly worth the read (or in my case, listen)!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Slavery, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

jenny_d's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Racism

trademark's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Racism

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape

stillmuseum's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Slavery, Racism, Rape, Colonisation, Torture, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

geekywoman14's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Language is important. I've worked on dismantling my engrained white supremacy teachings for more than 20 years now. So while little of the information here was new, bell hooks pointed out something I tend to forget despite it not being new information, and that's that language matters. She mentions many times how 'man' meant 'white man', 'Negro' meant 'Black man's, and' woman' meant 'white woman' therefore excluding Black women and men and women and non-binary people of all other ethnic and racial backgrounds. What's more, these weren't accidental exclusions, but at least initially purposeful choices meant to exclude. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Rape and Gore

cass_lit's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, and Sexism

lochanreads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery