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Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery by Annie Liontas
2 reviews
mmccombs's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
A perfect balance of personal and informative, I’m taking so much away from this book. I’m not a person who has had a head injury, but I’m a person who deals with migraine and pain, so the way Liontas describes living with a head injury felt so embodied and true. There’s was enough research here to feel as though I learned something (like how people who have been incarcerated are more likely to have had head injuries, or that research into head injuries basically never includes cis women, and much more). But the parts I liked best were her own reflections on her injuries, how her path to healing has been anything but linear, how living while disabled requires community and love and new perspectives. Highly recommend this, I read it via audiobook but I will likely buy a copy just to have it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness
Minor: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
annereads's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
5.0
Annie does an amazing job sharing her story and combining it with research (or lack there of when it comes to women with brain injuries) and highlighting how people with brain injuries are seen by others depending on how their race, class, sexuality, and background are perceived.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Ableism
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