Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

7 reviews

cielosiluminado's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

“Disability is not a catastrophe to me. It's just a fact of life.”

despite it not fully being theory-based or some parts as fleshed out as i wish it was, this book was still... wow. this book was beautiful, incredible, meaningful and very impactful. it contains in-depth, subtle, and very much needed conversations about disability justice, and it demonstrates interconnected disability justice is.

i highly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn a bit more about disability justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I quite enjoyed Care Work and this one is no different. The societal barriers disabled folks face, especially during the pandemic are brought to light through honest, open thought.  While I did not feel the focus was on the future, as the title would suggests, it highlights that even in the 21 century there is a large gap in access for us disabled folk. What I did find challenging in this, was how the claim was put to this solely being a BIPOC/chronically ill/neurodivergent experience. I feel as though the disability community needs to be united, not trying to put up us vs them mentality. I do understand BIPOC/2SLGBTQ+ adds additional intersectionalities and challenges, but this should in no way present as discounting others' experiences with disability.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

blue_boy62's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

arlingtonchamberofgay's review

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Leah has a way of making me feel seen, in all of my AuDHD, queer, enby, disabled splendor. On the days when the everyday ableism and fear of the MIC neglecting me to the point of death, I come back to their and DJ’s words. And I remember I’m not alone, I can not only imagine a disabled future, but help to make it a reality. There will always be work to do, but we can at least live a life worth while at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual violence and Police brutality

lettuce_read's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Rape and Suicide

avisreadsandreads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Medical trauma, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

3va's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Murder