Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Autistky: O ženách na spektru by Clara Törnvall

8 reviews

neurospicy_mama's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

I was really disappointed in this book. At first, as an autistic women, I did find the beginning of the book highly relatable as the author shared her own personal experiences. But as the book went on, there were a number of things I didn't like about it. 

1. The book/ author choose to specifically focus on "high functioning" women and seemed to uphold the idea of the Aspie supremacy in her use of functioning labels, categorizing of autistic people essentially by their perceived intelligence and/or the level of which they contribute to our Capitalist society. 

2. There were a lot of assumptions made, including including assuming and ascribing diagnosis to historical figures. 

3. It kind of droned on parts to the point where I works totally zone off and get lost in the audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

katiewhocanread's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm

a_islandcriptid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

tetrootz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, and Pregnancy

aseel_reads's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

I felt very validated by a lot of this and I liked the incorporation of fiction, to show how autism has been prevalent for hundreds of years. I also found the perspective of Sweden and Europe super interesting, especially with their approach to mental health and neurodiversity (i.e., very ableist). Unfortunately, this fell short of 5 stars because some paragraphs felt very random and disjointed and I wasn't sure how they connected or furthered the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, and Medical trauma

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Homophobia

goldenjunegem's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Mental illness, and Self harm

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts