Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

4 reviews

mxbenjaminrose's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Ableism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Racism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Incest, Classism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Colonisation, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Body shaming

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

isabelmabel49's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Eli Clare is a master of discussing topics we generally like to separate for palatability and interweaving them to demonstrate how very little CAN be separated in this society. They discuss difficult experiences, aspects of activism that make them frustrated, and continually reminds us all to check our social position (specifically what privileges we are awarded based on that position). They open one's eyes to elements of being disabled, being queer, being working-class, and more that would likely go unconsidered by those outside of each demographic, ultimately providing a more purposefully curious and aware worldview. Plus, they have got some banging lines in here that will make you have to stare out the window and contemplate your existence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia and Medical trauma