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A review by meemzala
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
I’m sad to say I didn’t connect with this book as much as I had hoped to. I’ll continue to read bell hooks’ works. While it may be an unfair critique, her use of heteronormativity and the binary gender construct took me out of the book. I agree that the patriarchy exists, that all people suffer under it, that both men and women exist, and that there is a majority of cisgender heterosexual people in the world. But I disagree that so much of this book needed to focus on that.
Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Child abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Toxic friendship and Grief