Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

1 review

kylieqrada's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

4.5 ⭐s. This book was TOUGH to read. And I mean tough. I had to put it down for long chunks of time because of the content. But I am really, really glad that I read it. Patrisse Khan-Cullors is one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement and a Queer, Black woman. She shares her story, assisted by asha bandele, and the reader comes to see all that led to the founding of BLM. It breaks your heart, it makes you MAD, and it opens your eyes even wider. I truly don't feel qualified to review this work of actual art. I highly, HIGHLY recommend this one. I want to put it in people's hands and be like just read this. If you don't get it yet, just read this. Docking 1/2 a star for fatphobic content. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence