Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

39 reviews

danimacuk's review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, and Sexism

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

this was so informative. i think this is one of the most accessible non-fiction books i have ever read. this is because it was written in a narrative way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, Cancer, Gaslighting, Gore, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Infertility, Medical trauma, Blood, and Grief

fraise's review

challenging informative sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gaslighting, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Infertility, Miscarriage, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

madeleinebay's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Classism, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Misogyny

spookily's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Grief, Infertility, Gore, Miscarriage, Cancer, Gaslighting, Death, Misogyny, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse and Child death

songofthewolfy's review

I really didn't like the tone of this book. There were too many tongue-in-cheek one-liners at the end of paragraphs that I felt really minimized what had been said. That, and a lot of editorializing about how we, the reader, should be perceiving these people, and trying to draw very clear good/bad lines. I found myself becoming annoyed with the prose, and as a result couldn't get into the narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage and Blood

howlinglibraries's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

 What an incredible, heartbreaking read. I was almost completely unfamiliar with these terrible circumstances, and this was so eye-opening. I consider myself generally pessimistic regarding the government and big businesses, but I don't think I had ever properly recognized just how cruel humans can be when there's a paycheck involved.

Kate Moore did a brilliant job documenting these women's lives and the pains they went through, not only with their health issues and young deaths, but also with their legal battles and the ways they were constantly dismissed, berated, and abused by lawyers and radium businessmen. Moore managed to take a miserable, shocking tale and turn it into a celebration of how beautiful and strong these women were and how much we owe them today, regarding how their fights would go on to shape not only the radium industry, but also workplace health standards in general.

This is a book that I believe everyone should read, especially people living here in the US, and most of all, anyone who believes that big businesses have our best interests at heart. The Radium Girls is a book that's going to stick with me for a long time to come and is certainly a new favorite nonfiction title that I'll be recommending to anyone and everyone who hasn't picked it up yet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death

bad_bookworm_h's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Classism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion

valereads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, Terminal illness, Ableism, and Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Grief, Sexism, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Misogyny

Minor: War

whisper88's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, and Chronic illness