Reviews tagging 'Incest'

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

32 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

ksfinnerty's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Probably better as an audiobook than print. I learned a lot from the ideas and concepts and having author narration added a good layer. I think it might have felt more repetitive, impersonal, and maybe even uncomfortable with the unfamiliar ideas in print. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Stalking

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

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

caprivoyant's review

My heart! This book was so needed and so healing.

Personally, I especially appreciated the essay/chapter on ableism in the spiritual and energy-healing communities. It validated a lot about how I experienced that community and made me feel less alone or like less of a failure by not being able to change it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Incest, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

crybabybea's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.75

Opened my eyes to how I view myself and the people around me. Validated so many things for me.

Definitely made me realize how often disability gets overlooked in public spaces. 

Gave me hope that a care-centered community is possible.

Although a lot of the material talked about is sad (check TW), overall I felt the tone of the book was extremely hopeful, and I found the intimate look at care-centered communities beautiful and spiritual.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

This book, in no uncertain terms, changed my perspective on my life. It was beautiful, emotional and expansive. The essays touched on so many elements of my lived experience and gave me language and pride and compassion for them in ways I've struggled to have before.

I think it would be vaulable for anyone, but it would especially be valuable for folks who are disabled (or neurodivergent, Mad, crippled, whatever language you may use personally), queer and/or a trauma survivor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death and Incest

mallyj_20's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

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