Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

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

7 reviews

emath98's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

If you are going to read only one book this year, make it this one. An incredible book that has made me feel so much less alone, and has reignited my convictions in continuing to be covid safe as a radical act of community love 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

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

culpeppper's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

This was a beautiful series of essays. Truly changed how I view care work, myself, those around me, and recontextualized how I view the world. I cried, I grieved, I laughed, I felt held by these essays while listening to the author read her own book in her own voice. I'm very excited to read Care Work, when I have proper time to process it. For now, I am recommending this to others who want to grow their care, empathy, desire for change, and introduce them to disability justice, specifically because Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha seems to have shared a piece of her soul with the greater world, and it would be a shame if it's beauty wasn't shared. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

whiteflowerose's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Suicide, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 Holy shit, this is OUTSTANDING. Every essay gave me a new perspective, new impression, new things to ponder and grow from. Can't recommend enough, I loved this even more than the author's previous Care Work which I also loved. I can't wait to revisit this and glean even more wisdom from it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Medical content, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, Excrement, Abortion, and Death of parent