Hana Gabrielle Bidon
Rating: 4.5 stars
I've followed her ever since I've watched Coded Bias three years ago for my college classes. This book gives a more personal insight on Joy's experience in as a graduate student in MIT Media and Sciences and beyond her PhD, being one of the few Black women. I learned a lot more about the doubts she had coming to terms that technology is not neutral and how she presented her findings to her colleagues as well as the Supreme Court.
I wonder what Joy thinks of AI right now with OpenAI and how other forms of oppression play into the algorithmic biases of AI. Furthermore, I wish she went more in depth about learning the harmful uses of AI like around the world.
Rating: 3.5 stars
I felt the book progressively got better as time as passed. The school that was previously closed due to mysterious deaths is now open up again, and then a string of mysterious deaths occur again at that same school. Honestly, I didn't have any expectations for the book, but it was worth a read. The character development could use some improvement and the beginning of the book could've been better executed.
I couldn't put down this memoir and read this in a few days. Honestly, I'm glad that Aomawa stuck with both acting and astronomy in varying capacities and got tenure as a professor. It's difficult being one of the few women of color in a STEM field dominated by men, speaking from personal experience. While I come from another STEM field like Computer Science, Aomawa, wrote her memoir that intricately intertwines astronomy, science communication, motherhood, social justice, and her personal life in her memoir.
This book is one of the best books that I've ever read about the intersections of environmental justice and racial justice. Honestly, I highly recommend reading this book if you're interested in learning about environmental justice from diverse voices. I'm not an active member of environmental justice so this is useful to read so I can learn more.
It's interesting to learn how art can heal trauma and honestly, I can see it. Honestly, this book is a good introduction in learning about neuroscience, trauma psychology, and art, but it's extremely technical and not the most accessible introduction for those who don't want to read books that sound academic and pendantic.
The book introduced precision and data science in a way that can be understood by those already interested in data science and breaks down data science concepts extremely well. However, it would be better if the book explained these concepts in a more accessible way to those outside of data science and big data, and approached this topic with a new angle. That being said, it's still a great introduction to people for learning about the applications of data science in various industries.
The premise and the beginning of this novel were extremely promising, but the middle part of the book fell flat to me. The character development was imbalanced, and I wish there was more to the story from the other family members who were affected by these people's affairs. Still, the ending was decent enough for me to finish.
Both Sarah and I have dealt with religious trauma from growing up in fundamentalist Christian households and deconstructed our former religious beliefs to find ourselves once we become non-religious. I appreciate how much I resonated with this book and the quality of the journalistic aspect of this book. However, I would've loved to see Sarah's personal journey from being religious to not being religious anymore, and how she healed from her religious trauma.
The #MeToo Effect highlights barriers women like myself face from being survivors of abuse, especially sexual abuse. The fact that survivors of sexual abuse are deemed lesser than is absolutely incredulous and shows the cracks in the justice systems in the United States. Though I never reported my cases with sexual assault from my first relationship, it wouldn't have gone well anyway seeing how Chanel Miller and others who came forward didn't have a satisfactory outcome.
To be honest, I haven't followed the #MeToo movement, but I'm glad that this book kept me up to speed from an academic perspective. Though the #MeToo movement centers a lot of experiences surrounding sexual abuse from women, this is also for nonbinary people and men.
She wrote one of the most memorable and touching memoirs of all time. I didn't realize how unjust the American criminal justice system is until I read her memoir. Kudos to Lara for getting out of jail and picking up the pieces so she can reunite with her kids and redeem herself. Thanks, NetGalley, for an honest review. I look forward to reading more of her works in the future.
I thought the book did an okay job introducing childhood trauma, but it should've went in more depth about the implications of childhood trauma that isn't just directed from the parents. I think that exploring other factors of childhood trauma, such as bullying from school settings and experiencing racism from growing up in a predominantly white town, would've improved the book by a lot.
This book is phenomenal and stands as one of the best nonfiction books that I read about trauma. As a woman of color, this book spoke to me in ways that other self-help books about trauma haven't and recognized multiple forms of trauma that would contribute to complex PTSD, including sexual abuse, intergenerational trauma, and racism. The exercises are incredibly helpful and I'll be sharing what I reflected from this book to my therapist.
Rating: 4.5 stars
I'm a big fan of this book and while I'm into social justice, I haven't considered intersectional environmentalism into my advocacy work. I appreciate how they discuss white supremacy in climate change conversations but wish there was more in-depth analysis on sustainable fashion, ethical fashion, and technology. Still, I appreciate being recommended this book by mytbr.co and look forward to reading more about this topic.
