Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski, Emily Nagoski

6 reviews

shermansays's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A must read for anyone who grew up with the expectations of becoming a woman. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, and Fatphobia

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Ableism, Medical content, Racism, and Classism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcohol

juditkovacs's review against another edition

slow-paced

This book cannot be serious. This has to be satire. 
If it's not then it's helluva cynical cash grab. This is the most incompetently written book I have ever read. And the "advice" in it is toxic af. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

kcarney86's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

anniefwrites's review against another edition

hopeful informative medium-paced

I learned a lot from this book, and I’m still processing it all. I heard the authors on Brené Brown’s podcast and resonated with the idea of completing the stress cycle, and I found that part of the book the most useful and eye-opening. Some of it I found a little too conversational or simple for people who are decently versed in feminism, but there are a lot of gems and nuggets of knowledge in it. I haven’t done the exercises yet, so I’m hoping they’ll crack open some of the more abstract ideas they presented. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder and Self harm

zombiezami's review

emotional hopeful informative

2.75

This book was different from what I thought it would be based on the title, and it had a lot of helpful reminders and insights about taking care of yourself in a socially mediated way. However, the authors completely lost me in the penultimate chapter with the inner "mad woman" talk. It felt very disconnected from the compassionate way that the authors had discussed mental illness in previous chapters. They even unwittingly compared the inner "mad woman" to a demon. The 19th century called; they want their stigmatization of the mentally ill back. 

Other than that, the science that they presented, other than the part about completing the stress cycle, didn't really seem that new or groundbreaking to me.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Ableism, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Excrement, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death

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