Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker

4 reviews

nogoodtulip's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

An excellent survey of modern transgender history and political movements from their beginnings in Europe to up to the early 2000’s in America. Very accessible to readers of all backgrounds and knowledge levels, and I think a good jumping off point for those looking to understand in what ways our understanding of transness has evolved- or remained the same- over time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Sexism, and Police brutality

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

This was good. I learned a lot and had things refreshed for me, but because it was short it was just information after information and I found it hard to take in at times. If this was longer and things were expanded on I think it would have been more beneficial for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, and Murder

razzberry_pi's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

Good introduction to trans history in the US, covering major events up to ~2017. If you are generally familiar with queer history/studies maybe skip/skim the definitions chapter as some of the labels are outdated/wrongly defined. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Biphobia, Police brutality, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Hate crime

biblioghoul's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Police brutality, Outing, and Forced institutionalization