Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

118 reviews

kerrygetsliterary's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Sexism, Confinement, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion

anniefwrites's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

This plethora of stories and voices shows that disability is not a monolith. As a non-disabled person, I really value the breadth of experience that Wong included, and I think it’ll be a great foray for me to become more involved with disability justice. Wong also has an ongoing GoFundMe for medical expenses if you read and got something out of this book and want to contribute: https://www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong-stay-in-community

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, and Fatphobia

reallife_kazbrekker's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book was so good and informative! I felt so seen by some of the stories that fellow disabled people told that I don't doubt that I'll pick this up again someday to look at all the passages I tabbed. 

I have seen a lot of people picking it up this month for Disability Pride Month and I can only hope that this is not gonna be the only book about disability that abled people are gonna be reading...

But I'm so glad I finally own a physical copy of this book and I was finally able to read it! Can't wait for the next book in this "series" to be released!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Ableism, Medical content, and Death

jamesjoyc's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

softgalaxy's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

One of the best books I’ve ever read. Everyone should read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Classism, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood and Acephobia/Arophobia

lovelydreamer's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Abortion

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Ableism

atomicbritt's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Racism, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Ableism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Sexual assault

kbairbooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

I loved every moment of reading this and it was my first book now that I finally have a library card back in my life. I will be highly recommending this book to everyone I can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Drug use, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

anthrac's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Mental illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, and Sexual assault

theoceanrose's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism