A review by valkyriejmu
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

4.25

Whew, this was difficult to get through, but I toughed it out and I'm glad I did in light of the Dobbs decision in 2022, which is why I picked it up in the first place. 

Just an FYI, this book pre-dates the Dobbs decision by at least a decade, so the parts about abortion should be read with that in mind.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Blood, Cancer, Death, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Miscarriage, Body horror, Racism, Slavery, Abortion, Body shaming, and Colonisation