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A review by novella42
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
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.
The essay that made the biggest impact on me from this book is “Not Over It, Not Fixed, and Living a Life Worth Living: Towards an Anti-Ableist Vision of Survivorhood.” It gave me a glimpse of role models who were living and thriving beyond the basic cultural myth that we can be cured/fixed/reset to factory settings after trauma. Not an easy read, but so helpful.
The essay that made the biggest impact on me from this book is “Not Over It, Not Fixed, and Living a Life Worth Living: Towards an Anti-Ableist Vision of Survivorhood.” It gave me a glimpse of role models who were living and thriving beyond the basic cultural myth that we can be cured/fixed/reset to factory settings after trauma. Not an easy read, but so helpful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Vomit, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry