Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare, Suzanne Pharr

13 reviews

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

4.5

It was great but definitely could have gone more in depth with more analysis and such. Also a solid two chapters were extremely boring 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Incest, Classism, and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs

razzberry_pi's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

descriptions in the first half of the book were so poetic and really spoke to me while being interspersed with really solid theory. second half of the book focuses more on an examination of historical forces impact modern experiences and the role of personal histories on impacting our identities

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Incest

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Animal death, and Racial slurs

if more detailed descriptions of childhood sexual abuse are a trigger, they are isolated to the second half if the book other than brief mentions

violetbooklover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, Sexism, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Incest, Genocide, Homophobia, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Ableism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Child abuse

Rape, violence, ableism, racism, abuse, homophobia, transphobia, childhood sexual abuse, violence against disabled people

mantisss's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Rape

This book is about how the body is perceived and experienced, particularly the disabled and raped body. There are no depictions of rape but mentions of it and slight descriptions of the act itself, and ableism is a very big theme in this book.

moth2rae's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Ableism, Rape, Racism, and Classism

frog_appreciator's review against another edition

5.0

From the foreword I was hooked. An uncomfortable and necessary read. It made me interrogate my privileged class position in new ways. I loved the section comparing pride and witness. I also appreciated the authors footnotes from later revisions. Class, race, environment, queerness, the author tackled the complexity of so many topics. This is absolutely going on my list of books to buy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Ableism, and Racism

Moderate: Torture and Rape

raalux's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia and Ableism

ceramicat's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexism

alexxcp's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Ableism, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Classism

achingallover's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

really appreciated the foreward and preface and afterword, as well as the additional notes Eli Clare added in 2009, so would recommend the 2015 edition

definitely a book i will reread, and have annotated heavily. really important analysis of intersections, of complicated and layered questions, poking at the uncomfortable bits to discover why 

"at the jagged edge where self-hatred meets pride"
"in the end i mean deeply honest multi issue politics that will make home possible"
"when do we celebrate, when do we howl with rage, when do we witness and mourn?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Classism, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Ableism, Sexual violence, Genocide, Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization