Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

5 reviews

maxgdy's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexism, Colonisation, Mass/school shootings, Classism, Genocide, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

hannahollihan's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Sexism, Rape, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Police brutality, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, and Gun violence

keenanmaree's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is incredibly important. It should be required reading for everyone. It is difficult and appalling, but also surprisingly optimistic that, even after all of the damage white male supremacy has done to our society, and despite how deeply engrained it is, there is still hope that we can do and BE better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.25

I liked this much more than Oluo's previous book. I thought that the premise and execution were well done. Oluo ties a lot of disparate threads together under this theme. I will say, however, that the beginning and ending of the book were stronger and clearer than the middle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Antisemitism, Police brutality, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Death, Cursing, Child death, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Ableism and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Displacement

mfieldshalva's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence