Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare

25 reviews

elliotlea's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Classism

lesbiankarlmarx's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Ableism

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

4.5

It was great but definitely could have gone more in depth with more analysis and such. Also a solid two chapters were extremely boring 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Incest, Classism, and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs

razzberry_pi's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

descriptions in the first half of the book were so poetic and really spoke to me while being interspersed with really solid theory. second half of the book focuses more on an examination of historical forces impact modern experiences and the role of personal histories on impacting our identities

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Incest

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Animal death, and Racial slurs

if more detailed descriptions of childhood sexual abuse are a trigger, they are isolated to the second half if the book other than brief mentions

violetbooklover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, Sexism, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Incest, Genocide, Homophobia, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Ableism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Child abuse

Rape, violence, ableism, racism, abuse, homophobia, transphobia, childhood sexual abuse, violence against disabled people

mantisss's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Rape

This book is about how the body is perceived and experienced, particularly the disabled and raped body. There are no depictions of rape but mentions of it and slight descriptions of the act itself, and ableism is a very big theme in this book.

moth2rae's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Ableism, Rape, Racism, and Classism

frog_appreciator's review against another edition

5.0

From the foreword I was hooked. An uncomfortable and necessary read. It made me interrogate my privileged class position in new ways. I loved the section comparing pride and witness. I also appreciated the authors footnotes from later revisions. Class, race, environment, queerness, the author tackled the complexity of so many topics. This is absolutely going on my list of books to buy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Ableism, and Racism

Moderate: Torture and Rape

raalux's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia and Ableism

ceramicat's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexism