Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

28 reviews

mmejiaaar's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

this collection of voices and experiences was so much more than what i expected. hard and crude, but so filled with hope and growth. its an important book, it gives voice to the lives of people that, under the patriarchal structure, would normally go ignored. its riddled with paradoxes and the reader does not rid itself of them: how to go about your day after reading this? where do you put this knowledge? how do you keep on living knowing what this essays have told you? and yet i would rather live in this scenario, than to ask the authors to be silent. i hope that everyone that has gone through an experience like the ones described in the book sees that there is a future for them, that not everything was taken again from them in that moment, that they are still here and still able to make something beautiful with their lives.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

mklein319's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Racism, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Pedophilia, Self harm, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Incest

lindsayvale's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Mental illness, Cursing, Pedophilia, Incest, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Rape, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

toriwatson's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Self harm, and Domestic abuse

carolinebella's review

dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Misogyny

cword's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

jessiiiru's review

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Difficult to read, but so important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Incest, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

seullywillikers's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I didn't know how badly I needed to read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Incest

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Self harm, and Child abuse

rebeccaquinton's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Sexism, Trafficking, Rape, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Stalking