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All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

18 reviews

nvillanuevadrv's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

I was inspired to read All About Love after bell hooks's passing. Her revelations about feminism, love, colorism, racism, and so much more about society are still relevant today meaning she was both ahead of her time and also, we still have a long way to go to progress past the challenges she astutely names and calls out in this nonfiction treatise. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Racism, and Misogyny

murder_unicorn's review

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Physical abuse, Racism, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

kirstenf's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Homophobia, Classism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

amberinpieces's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Racism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Classism, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

omenglehart's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book goes in my "sacred texts" pile. So many new and complex things to consider and learn from. I reread chapters as I went, it was so good! This book changed the way I love myself and others.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Racism, Child abuse, Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

isaa's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Estoy de acuerdo con muchas de las criticas que he leído al respecto de este libro. La perspectiva super hetero, el enfoque espiritual desde un punto cristiano, y la falta de fuentes para sus conclusiones son cansados después de un rato. Para el punto en el que llegue al capitulo sobre espiritualidad ya no me dieron muchas ganas de continuar leyendo, como quiera continue y qué bueno que lo hice pero definitivamente me tomo esfuerzo. Sobre la falta de fuentes y datos, entiendo la critica pero también simpatizo con razonamiento de porque escribir así -que sea accessible para cualquier audiencia -, especialmente porque previo a empezar el libro yo tenia la preocupación de que iba a ser muy complicado de entender. A final de cuentas creo que él no acordar con bell hooks en todo fue un buen ejercicio de reflexión.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

kaiulanilee's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Sexism

maiasnowdrop's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Racism

bookfriend8's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

an excellent book on how we can practice love to improve interpersonal relationships and society as a whole. many things could be resolved if people learned how to truly love themselves and others. i particularly enjoyed this work by hooks because it doesn't only reflect on romantic love, but also on general feelings of compassion and mutual respect, which she argues are lacking in the capitalist, divisive world we live in. the book had christian undertones, though; as a non-christian certain parts lost me a bit (especially the final chapter) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Racism

Minor: Grief, Addiction, and Death