Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

10 reviews

thehomiemona's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Rape

anniereads221's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Violence, Racial slurs, Grief, Police brutality, Blood, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Gun violence, and Racism

Moderate: Cancer and Death

Minor: Slavery and Transphobia

jaiari12's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Lesbophobia, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Sexual violence

ashlightgrayson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was a motivating, impactful, and (for me) relatable poetry anthology. I heard it narrated in audiobook format by the author and I think it is probably the best way to consume this. You feel the pain, suffering, and joy of the narrative voice for each poem. Hearing it feels like seeing the world through the eyes and experiences of black/queer individuals whose stories deserve to take up space and be heard. I'm hoping to find more poetry collections like this. It has been quite some time since I've sat down with something like this that I did not want to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Cursing, and Slavery

Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Transphobia, Biphobia, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Death, Suicide, Self harm, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Body shaming

valeriaperez261's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.5

 This book played with me HARD. 

Some poems made me quite literally tear up while others felt Rupi Kaur-esque so to say I got literary whiplash from this collection is an understatement. Overall I think the words were beautiful and encapsulated the author’s experience very compellingly, I just wish it had gone through some more editing to filter out the filler. When I talk about the filler I mean poems like “Sharp”, they take away from the ones like “Birthing children not her own” and “Trans-panic”. 

Still I think it was pretty accessible and an enjoyable (as enjoyable as trauma can be) and important read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

yellow_star's review against another edition

inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

This probably is too much for many teens to read and this is mainly an adult book.  Unless you're sadly already dealing with this heavy stuff in your own life. 

 There's a lot of sad in this, and it's not really a beautiful restful poetry book it's more of a mourning and rebellion book. The author discusses human rights violations against African Americans and queer people and  women, writes poetic responses to celebrities like Kanye and Serena and Michelle Obama, and does some experimenting with form like a word search for women murdered as a racist hate crime. Even poems that should be happy like the love of a mother or romantic partner are uneasy and fearful of future pain and violence. The poems about abused slaves and rape are too real and painful to read. Overall a good thing to read, but choose a reading time when you have some emotional bandwidth free to process it. 

There's also some sections on institutional abuse of the physically and mentally disabled. And some standing with missing or murdered indigenous women. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Confinement, Grief, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Homophobia, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Child death, Child abuse, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Ableism

readmeem's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

This would be a pleasant read for any woman of color. I felt so many of these poems (even starred some). One thing that I would have liked to see is a break up of when they would start talking about another section (family, relationships, rape etc)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Racial slurs, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, Racism, Grief, Rape, and Pregnancy

janicew9's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Violence

bookiecharm's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Slavery

yogilawyer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Police brutality