Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

30 reviews

autieshawtie's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

So deeply needed and felt. More words later, for now: I am grateful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

30something_reads's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

 Written pre 2020 but still 100% relevant given the ways in which our systems are continuing to dismantle health and safety precautions for the chronically ill. And you're only able-bodied until the day you aren't.

A great read for intersectional disability justice and building community care networks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

puttingwingsonwords's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Suicide

siasprout's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

minaestchan's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse and Incest

pattytims's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Murder

novella42's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This book was too powerful for me to be able to give a coherent review right after finishing it. I will say that as a white disabled queer woman, I am immensely grateful to learn these stories, struggles, and wisdom from QTBIPOC disabled community leaders and visionaries. I think this is the most important book I have read in years.

The essay that made the biggest impact on me from this book is “Not Over It, Not Fixed, and Living a Life Worth Living: Towards an Anti-Ableist Vision of Survivorhood.” It gave me a glimpse of role models who were living and thriving beyond the basic cultural myth that we can be cured/fixed/reset to factory settings after trauma. Not an easy read, but so helpful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Vomit, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

challenging informative

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Suicide

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

wall0w's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Essential reading. Some may say it isn't a comfortable introduction to Disability Justice but I think it's vital to experience that discomfort. As with learning more in any area of justice, putting current comfort levels over learning leads to further injustice, and (especially with something as temporary as being abled) is an enormous to everyone, currently disabled or not

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

tlaynejones's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is the best book I’ve read this year. The writing is deeply compassionate thoughtful and challenging. I am grateful to have the opportunity to question and expand many of my long held understandings of the world and of myself. Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha shared her experiences, vulnerability, strengths, and desires with a warm generous relatability. I wish everyone would read this. Highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Chronic illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria