Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

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

13 reviews

pollyhall's review

challenging informative sad tense slow-paced

2.0

 
This was a very slow read, I had to look up a lot of words. I would have liked to see fewer essays but with more depth. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Violence

leighannebfd3b's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

yasminreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Incredible insight into so many different personal experiences. I bought this book with the intention of educating myself but I gained so much more. The joy, strength and spirit of each writer is palpable. Its a very well curated book where each essay is as good as the one before. Each piece of writing will include a content warning if required so if any I've listed put you off, just know that they are not applicable to the entire work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Death of parent