Reviews tagging 'Rape'

A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom

8 reviews

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

a place called no homeland is a solid collection of poetry, and - as always - sublimely, tenderly written by kai cheng thom. the poems delve into trans identity, diasporic cultural ties, relation to whiteness, self-love, some so aching while others insightful and technically impressive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Racism, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

elliottjunkyard's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Self harm, Violence, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Body shaming

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Thom's work is a must-read for white queers and cis queers everywhere. Tracking her complex relationships to race, gender, and her family, she does not flinch away from her experiences - fetishization, rape, abuse among them. She laments the ways in with the Queer Movement has failed her, and people like her, how we still have people who fall through the cracks in our communities, places where we are not intersectional. Some of these poems are tough to read, but they're all important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Violence, Cursing, Misogyny, Alcohol, Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Self harm, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Blood

tinyjude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I usually find it hard to enjoy and connect with modern poetry's format and style, but there are many incredible, raw, heart-wrecking poems here that I enjoyed and hurt me in ways poetry hasn't in such a long time.

The poems are explicit in nature and denounce/reflect about various topics, mainly the reality of woc and trans women of colour, colonialism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia and transphobia, sexual assault and violence (particularly against asian gay boys, trans women and asian trans women), white feminism, cultural memory... it isn't an easy read and it will definitely make your stomach churn at many points, but it is so worth it.

For many more poetry by cis and trans women of colour. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Blood, Body shaming, Hate crime, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A truly beautiful poetry collection. This is so raw, so intense and so full of emotion that it was hard to put down. Some poems that really struck my emotionally were:

• between friends
• girlboy, you femme femme fabulous
• what the moon saw
• the funny thing about violence: six meditations on a theme
• trauma is not sacred

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Drug use

melissahawco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Racism, and Rape

eleven_hummingbird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

A beautiful, explicit collection of poems on body, love, and abuse from a transgender, asian-canadian woman's experience. Through gender, race, and sexuality, the collection explores self and belonging, often told through a frame of mythology or folklore. Each poem reads as though the author put her heart and soul into it, and there is no topic she shies away from. A very good debut collection.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Racism

softgalaxy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Stunning poetry collection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual violence, Self harm, Racism, and Transphobia