Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

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

22 reviews

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Ableism, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Incest, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Police brutality

caelysium's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Suicidal thoughts

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

challenging informative

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Incest

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

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: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual violence, Ableism, Suicide, Transphobia, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Addiction, Chronic illness, Colonisation, and Suicidal thoughts

bendy_bookworm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was the second book I’ve read by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and once again, they have exceeded my expectations. This book is like a love letter to the disability community. Full of wisdom, emotion, and compassion, Leah describes what it’s like to be disabled without leaving out the gritty details. This book was a hug for my disabled non-binary soul. I can’t wait to read more of Leah’s work. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Chronic illness

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

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

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

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

tinyplanet's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Ableism, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Incest, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, and Sexual harassment

sapphire's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse