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Darklunarose

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie

bailed

Having been warned about the anti trans sentiments in this book I‘m choosing to send it back without reading.

ravenlee Good to know; unstacking this now. 7d

Darklunarose @ravenlee I honestly wish that books had warning labels, and/or there was a website where you could find a list of books that are full of undesirable things….like transphobia, homophobia, etc. 7d

Clare-Dragonfly Yiiiiiikes. Off my list for sure. Thanks for the heads up. 6d

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Darklunarose @Clare-Dragonfly all thanks to @Bookwomble for the heads up! 6d

BookishMarginalia Thank you for letting us know. Off my list too. 6d

Deblovestoread Thanks for the heads up. 6d

lil1inblue How disappointing. But good info to know. 6d

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Darklunarose

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie

I have been wanting to read this for a long time….going to try a chapter every so often and get it down. I‘m close to my crone era.

Clare-Dragonfly I‘ve been curious about this book. Let us know how you like it! 7d

Bookwomble If you are Trans supportive, please be aware that this author is not, and that reviewers say one of the chapters in this book explicitly reflects that. 7d

Darklunarose @Bookwomble I‘m sitting here with the book open and about to start it this morning. Thank you so much for this warning. I‘m more than just passively supportive of the trans community, I‘m ferociously supportive. I have people in my circle who are trans. I refuse to do anything that would not be supportive. This one is now going in the discard pile. Thank you so much for that! I don‘t do abelism, lgbtqia hate, racism, misogyny, etc. 7d

Bookwomble @Darklunarose 🩵🩷🤍💖 I was reading a different book by this author and struggling with the writing style, so looked up reviews to check how others found it, and then saw the comments about this book, which were generally positive about the content until the terfy chapter, when many people bailed. Sad, but there are undoubtedly other books on the subject that are more inclusive ✊ 7d

Darklunarose @Bookwomble im going to keep looking. At 46 im sure im close to perimenopause…..and id like something from a spiritual side as i move into my crone era to read. But not at the cost of terf bs. 6d

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PirateJenny

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie

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I really wanted to love this. I do love the term hagitude and I am finally embracing my cronehood. But there was too much psychology and not enough mythology for me. And then the author states that there should be gathering places for women who were born as women, basically saying that it's OK to exclude trans folx in certain cases. So yeah, not great. We don't all need the exact same experience to relate.

Soscha Wowed the cover though. 8mo

PirateJenny @Soscha yeah it's a great cover and I love the chapter opener illustrations. 8mo

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AllDebooks

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie

Happy International Women's Day 💖

IuliaC Happy Women's Day! 2y

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Cazxxx

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie

Balibee146 Love this! Stacked by this 54 year old! 2y

Cazxxx @Balibee146 Hope you enjoy! 2y

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Jen2

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie

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Very good!

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DGRachel

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie

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I was all set to recommend this until about 70% through, as the discussion of elder female archetypes was great. Then the author suddenly veers into TERF territory in a chapter about trans people and how treating trans women as women negatively impacts “real” women‘s rights, then proceeds to lament the inability to have civil discourse about this topic and whine about online harassment for this opinion. No. You can‘t 2-side human rights.

Lands That‘s too bad. I had this on my list. 3y

DGRachel @RowReads1 I was really disappointed. There‘s a lot about Jungian psychology that bogged sections down, and some other parts of the book that dragged, but I really loved the discussion of various wise woman archetypes. But with the TERF chapter, I just can‘t recommend the book to anyone. 😔 3y

Aimeesue Ugh. That's disappointing. 3y

Megabooks I‘ll be avoiding this! 3y

batsy Ugh. 3y

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DGRachel

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie