Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price

4 reviews

meganpbell's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

A social psychologist examines the “laziness lie”—the dominant and damaging belief that being virtuous means working hard and being productive—from its puritanical roots to its impact on work, activism, and our personal lives and relationships today. This relied a little more on anecdotes and interviews than on hard studies and statistics than I would like, but I still think it’s groundbreaking, radical, inclusive and definitely worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Classism, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Sexism, and Grief

sarahna's review

emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Classism, Racism, Ableism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative tense fast-paced

4.25

This book made me mad and fired up in the best possible way. Some of this information was stuff I already knew here and there, but it was great to see it laid out all together. I didn't necessarily relate to the compulsion to overwork that the author and their interviewees experienced; I'm pretty adamant about leaving work at work. Still, I notice this around me, and I know it's because of larger structural issues that make people feel they have to behave this way. 

I definitely feel that the beginning of the book was stronger than the latter portions. I understood that the laziness lie applied to areas other than labor, but I think the author could have made those connections to other areas a little more clear. Still, I loved this, and it gave me a lot to think about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Self harm

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Genocide, and Racism

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, and War