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moriahleigh's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Murder, and Rape
Minor: Self harm
midnightreads1803's review
4.75
Graphic: Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Racism, Police brutality, and Mental illness
thehomiemona's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Rape
anniereads221's review against another edition
5.0
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
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Lesbophobia, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Sexual violence
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
5.0
Overall I'm going to give this 5 out of 5 stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Hate crime, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Biphobia, Police brutality, Death, Homophobia, and Transphobia
introvertsbookclub's review against another edition
4.5
Rather than being divided into sections, the poems naturally moved from one to the next, being clustered together by subject and picking up recurring themes across the collection. Together the poems explored racism, misogyny, homophobia, violence, family, motherhood, love, heartbreak, pop culture, and so many other strands of life. Through their poems Mans questioned injustice and cruelty, but also celebrated community and change. The range of topics and perspectives created an expansive insight into life as a Black woman and an incredibly impactful reading experience.
Moderate: Sexual violence, Racism, and Violence
fengxin's review
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Racism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Hate crime, and Gun violence
Moderate: Self harm
michaelion's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Child death, Gun violence, Grief, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, Homophobia, Death, Miscarriage, Racism, Police brutality, and Violence
yellow_star's review against another edition
4.0
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.
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