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atlasshrugged's review against another edition
challenging
medium-paced
4.0
very good book- i think every feminist, especially every WHITE feminist should read it. my only issue was comparing NPD to white supremacy because it came off as very..."all npd people are evil" type of stuff; besides there wasnt much on disabled women of color. i hope she has changed her views on pds because a lot of POC have pds as a result of yt trauma and comparing it to racism seems insensitive
birdinflight1's review against another edition
4.0
This book was eye-opening. A lot of times, I thought, "It can't be quite that bad" and then I quickly realized that as a white woman, I have no idea what it is like to be a POC which is exactly why it's important to read books written by people of color.
Surprisingly, this book was a lot about sex. Who could have it with whom, with our without consent, and the legal ramifications. I was especially interested in the part about how white men could have sex with any colonized women free of repercussions. It was not considered a crime because the colonized women weren't "civilized" enough for it to be deemed rape. White women looked the other way (or were powerless to do anything about it?). And, of course, the colonized women had "loose morals" and were "asking for it" so it was just fine for the white men to rape them. And the double standard: if a man of color even considered having sex with a white woman, even consensual, he would be hung/lynched/drowned/killed. It's interesting how white men strove to protect white women's "virtue" but were free to rape the females they enslaved. That aspect of the book alone really clarified how white people considered themselves a totally different class of people than those they colonized. And it is this "othering" of people of color is exactly what allows white people to brutalize then.
The part about how women of color and white women think differently about The Handmaid's Take punched me in the gut and confirmed that I am definitely a white woman.
Even though I'm open to learning the true history of our world, I still have a lot of reading and learning to do.
I felt challenged (in a good way) about the author's ideas, but sometimes I found her arguments lacking or her examples unclear or her points repetitive; however, that doesn't detract from the importance of the overall themes of the book.
Surprisingly, this book was a lot about sex. Who could have it with whom, with our without consent, and the legal ramifications. I was especially interested in the part about how white men could have sex with any colonized women free of repercussions. It was not considered a crime because the colonized women weren't "civilized" enough for it to be deemed rape. White women looked the other way (or were powerless to do anything about it?). And, of course, the colonized women had "loose morals" and were "asking for it" so it was just fine for the white men to rape them. And the double standard: if a man of color even considered having sex with a white woman, even consensual, he would be hung/lynched/drowned/killed. It's interesting how white men strove to protect white women's "virtue" but were free to rape the females they enslaved. That aspect of the book alone really clarified how white people considered themselves a totally different class of people than those they colonized. And it is this "othering" of people of color is exactly what allows white people to brutalize then.
The part about how women of color and white women think differently about The Handmaid's Take punched me in the gut and confirmed that I am definitely a white woman.
Even though I'm open to learning the true history of our world, I still have a lot of reading and learning to do.
I felt challenged (in a good way) about the author's ideas, but sometimes I found her arguments lacking or her examples unclear or her points repetitive; however, that doesn't detract from the importance of the overall themes of the book.
zenaxina's review against another edition
4.0
This books was very powerful and informative. The reason I gave it only 4 stars is because at times it felt convoluted and repetitive and it made things kind of difficult to fully process and understand.
gafforama's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
mathenam's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
The book hopped topics and time periods quite often to make the authors points and I found it a little difficult to follow because of that but otherwise really informative
headachesince03's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5