Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

14 reviews

skylerhenson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

This book made me realize a lot of what I didn’t like in the world was because it was made with men only in mind. In all areas of transportation, healthcare, product design, politics, and even disaster relief efforts. My one critique is that there is not a lot of trans-inclusive language but this book is about the lack of data on AFAB bodies and cis women. 

I had the latest edition that included an epilogue about the Covid pandemic which I appreciated because some lines were harrowing to read from a book published in 2019. Overall, an eye-opening read. I want to read more feminist literature like this 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Excrement

khymihr's review

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Domestic abuse

zemily83's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

lola1212's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Transphobia, Misogyny, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Rape, Slavery, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Classism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Biphobia, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Deportation, and Abortion

callysutherland's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Mandatory reading. In small chunks, so you don't get tooooo angry.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Classism, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Genocide, War, Eating disorder, Slavery, Car accident, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and Ableism

unluckycat13's review

The author is a TERF, this is a TERF book. Not to undermine the honestly good work and important information in this book, but you can't remove it from the author's views. While it starts out seeming reasonable enough-- I think it's understandable even if not great to not separate sex and gender-- the author eventually begins to build her argument into women being an immutable biologically separate organism with most things in life attributed purely to biology. Of course there's no proof of this because of the data gap. The studies will surely show she's right though, as they always say. 

The book does start out acknowledging queer and disabled people, and it does talk about other countries with a non dismissive and non bigoted attitude, however the author is very quick to paint groups of people (such as western women, or British women) with a singular brush. Despite admitting that the so called standard male doesn't represent men in general, she's very argumentative in favor of a standard female model. It's hard to untangle her personal views on sex and gender from the rest of the book and the more you begin to think about it, the worse it gets. 

I would generally not recommend this book, and while it is a nice organization of some studies I have heard most of them before elsewhere. 

Being a book about sexism, you can expect a TW warning for basically literally every topic, albeit only passingly. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Transphobia, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Stalking, Miscarriage, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gun violence, Violence, Trafficking, Racism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, and Medical trauma

billie_churchill's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, Misogyny, and Medical trauma

Minor: Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abortion, Gaslighting, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Genocide, Ableism, and Sexual harassment

lucyrudd's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, War, Murder, Miscarriage, Violence, Misogyny, Abortion, Genocide, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Death, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

I really wish there was an updated; post- pandemic, gender-neutral bathroom, Trump era, promotion of trans rights... version that incorporated greater recognition of intersectionality. I loved the contents of this book, but feel like there could be a broader focus on any data bias in the context of non, cishet white-male identit(ies). At points it felt a lot like a pure lit-review, but was informative nonetheless. A great and important read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Pedophilia, Deportation, Death, Suicide attempt, Racism, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Drug use, Classism, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Child death, Slavery, Physical abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Abortion, War, Terminal illness, Violence, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization

jackie_marion's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: War, Sexual harassment, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Bullying, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Colonisation