Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex by Nat Smith, Eric A. Stanley

4 reviews

stevia333k's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

I technically started this book back in 2011 & then kind of forgot about it except to meditate on military industrial complex & prison industrial complex which i later learned my reflections were described by the school to prison pipeline. So for as much as this book influenced me, I knew as someone living in the pipeline at that very moment with a hostile & unaccomdating legal system for correcting my documentation. Point being, I would've been triggered heavily, and now I'm at a part in my life where I could read it, understand Foucaultian vocabulary, etc.

It was very good. Definitely the kind of book I'm going to pursue getting a hard copy for myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Sexism, Self harm, Bullying, Child abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Classism, Colonisation, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Outing, Rape, Trafficking, Deadnaming, Death, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

cemeterygay's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A great look at how queer and trans people are impacted by the prison industrial complex and how queer liberation and prison abolition are intertwined. If you are looking for an introductory book on this I would absolutely recommend this book. If you are at all interested in prison abolition or queer liberation or working in political advocacy related to either subject, I would recommend this book even more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Transphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse

CW: Systemic violence

briannaalarissaa's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence

leadabird's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

A beautifully written, heart-wrenching collection of essays.  The writing styles were much more accessible than I anticipated.  The content is upsetting—but it depicts the violent reality that gender-oppressed people, particularly Black, Indigenous, and other gender-oppressed people of color, must combat every day under the prison industrial complex. The anthology also has an excellent list of tools and resources for learning more and taking action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Confinement

Moderate: Rape and Racial slurs

Minor: Addiction, Ableism, Mental illness, and Infertility