Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

14 reviews

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

abookwormspov's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

An absolutely stunning and incredibly informative collection of essays. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

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

reallife_kazbrekker's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Listened to this as an audiobook, it was very informative! Made me feel a little bit lonely at times because I don't have a support network like it is described in this book, which I would love as a disabled / chronically ill person.
Would highly recommend this to everyone tho!

Can't write a longer review because I have like zero energy right now.... But yeah, I recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

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

rionstorm's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

There's some really good ideas and concrete resources in this book. There's also some wonderful utopian imagining and goal setting, which feels motivational and helped expand my thinking. 

It reads like a mix of a memoir, academic theory, and a practical guide, which was interesting. I struggled to get through certain sections that felt a little repetitive, or were very hyper-specific to Canada and the USA. The intense, firm narration style makes sense and fits with such vital subject matter, but for me became a bit overwhelming after a while, in the same way listening to a lot of impassioned speeches one after the other can make the words being said start to bounce off you a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Religious bigotry and Stalking

charlottejones952's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

2.0

I'll admit that I didn't complete the last 2 chapters but this was because of the content. This book is enlightening but tough so I don't know who I'd recommend to. Discussion of care work and ableism were fascinating but the trauma and surviverhood was too blunt and difficult to read for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, and Sexual harassment

arsenic_'s review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

I read the first half of this book really slowly--like, over the course of several months. The second half moved much more quickly for me, and I found it more engaging. But really overall I think this book is amazing and I would definitely recommend it. For people not in radical leftist spaces, the writing might be a bit of an adjustment, but I think this is a useful and important read for anyone, regardless of their background or relationship to disability. I'm glad I read it, and thankful for Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's work to write it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Medical content

emilykval's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Colonisation