Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc

70 reviews

alysereadsbooks's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I read this in honor of Disability Pride Month and it did not disappoint. Part essay, part memoir, I loved to hear about the author's experience with cerebral palsy and how fairy tales shaped her childhood, and subliminally, her perceptions of disability. It is a reminder that the stories we tell ourselves and each other do matter and have an impact. Worth a reread as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Bullying

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

pipn_t's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.5

It was interesting to read about the author’s thoughts on fairy tales.  Brief but engaging read. 
 I had some trouble with formatting of the book (it wouldn’t do two columns for me, plus some font changes that I weren’t sure if they were deliberate or in error), but I assume that’s Libby’s fault and not the book’s?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Bullying

entanglednovels's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Mental illness, and Medical content

lunatik's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, Chronic illness, and Body shaming

ethen_rey's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

danimacuk's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

2.5

I wanted to like this book, but unfortunately it was pretty disappointing to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Body shaming and Bullying

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Rape, Terminal illness, and Violence

missisis's review

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape, Incest, and Fire/Fire injury

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Ableism

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny

Minor: Child abuse, Abandonment, Rape, and Murder

morgan_the_moth's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Ableism, and Bullying

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape

orangegirl22's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Leduc provides a great look at fairytales through a lens of disability analysis without an academic approach that makes this an especially accessible text for those newly exploring disability issues. The only reason I wouldn’t give it 5 stars is because the balance between personal experience and analysis seems a bit uneven throughout the book, but I think that reading as opposed to listening would have provided for a better experience on that front. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Ableism

Truly a great read! Anyone who loves media analysis of any kind should read it!