Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

18 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

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

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism and Transphobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

emath98's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

skyturtles's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

culpeppper's review

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

abbysnofun's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective

4.5

soooo soooo important

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

dmlb's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

dhiyanah's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Grief, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Racism and Suicide