Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

30 reviews

maritareads's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

lessa_riel's review against another edition

Writer needs a hood therapist instead of writing this book. Patronising and dated in its views it just made me angry that people thought this was concise and good!
Also, personally I had dealt with anise disclosures at work recently and seh talks too much about her personal abuse instead of making this an academic text.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexism

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

takarakei's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I will be buying this for everyone I know :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Addiction

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

An absolute must read. 
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““We all long for loving community. It enhances life’s joy. But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as means of escape.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, Violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

I'm glad I read this, and love bell hooks' reflective and earnest writing style in these essays. A few essays stand out for me (in particular, Honesty: Be True to Love, is one I'm still thinking about). I would note that this was originally published in the early 00s, and modern readers (like me!) may struggle with how hooks engages with gender essentialism (challenging it but ultimately still writing within its assumptions and constructs, which tracks for the early aughts) and Christianity and spiritualism. There are broad assumptions made about men and women in M/F relationships, in particular (and some odd commentary on and apologism for Bill Clinton that doesn't sit particularly well today), but I suspect that this is a generational difference, as the audience she was writing for had a different set of cultural touchpoints and childhood experiences in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. I think there is a lot of value in these reflections for readers who recognize the different challenges early feminists faced and the constructs they were still largely fighting against. And ultimately, hooks' thoughts are a gift for us as we look back and forward, and I appreciate her thoughts on community care and living by a love ethic, that have so much relevance for us today.

Notes on the audio specifically: I really struggled with the audiobook, honestly. I loved the narration by January LaVoy, but the book itself is incredibly difficult to navigate. None of the chapter titles included in the print book are included in the audiobook's visible chapter titles, and the audiobook numbers the preface, introduction, etc., meaning that the chapter numbering in the audiobook never aligns with the individual essays. I constantly felt confused about where I was, and I feel frustrated that this was sloppily done. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Infidelity

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

moo_p's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Sexism, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

joensign's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny