Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad

20 reviews

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Torture, Deportation, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Trafficking, and War

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Some things you can’t unsee, and this book, you can’t unknow. Would’ve given it five stars except she lost me at the very end when one of the paragraphs came off way too reductive (e.g., blaming colonialism for homosexuality - totally lost me and her credibility, momentarily, on that one given homosexuality has been around since probably Adam and Eve). Otherwise, a deeply profound and compelling book stacked and supported by a ton of research, all fully documented with footnotes and a long bibliography. Lots to be learned here and great antiracism material for discussion and debate. The big question is who is courageous enough to be “woke” enough to listen and wrestle with all she has provided. I beg all people to listen (with the exception of that one paragraph I mentioned). Listening might save our planet and our species!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, Slavery, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexism, Classism, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

jaiari12's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Genocide, Islamophobia, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Death, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, War, Xenophobia, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Trafficking, and Violence

bookworm_leilani's review

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Colonisation, and Hate crime

Moderate: Gaslighting, Genocide, Sexual violence, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Slavery, and Ableism

lucy12345's review against another edition

challenging informative relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Misogyny

Moderate: Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Death

Minor: Trafficking

anniefwrites's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

Hamad covers a lot of ground with this book--from history to representation in the media, from workplace conflict to current events. I was grateful to learn about this topic from someone who is both passionate and critical. As a reader, I think having subheadings would have helped me keep track of the topics being discussed, but in general, it's a book that I'll be processing and applying over time. Learned a lot, and lots more to learn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Violence, and Slavery

kayladaila's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Sexual violence

ill1terate's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

As a white woman I am always on the look-out for books that will help me challenge my prejudice and internalized racism. This book was great for reflecting on my own behavior and since I finished reading I have gone back and reread many chapters. I think it's a book that I could go back to at any age and still learn something.

I deducted half a star, since I would've loved for some chapters and tropes to be discussed further e.g. the dragon-lady and china doll dichotomy and Asian Feminism in general. Though, I do understand that the author isn't Asian and might be uncomfortable discussing those thematics.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Racism

multiplyoctopi's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, and Sexual violence