Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc

59 reviews

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, and Bullying

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Rape

mmirjamm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Medical content

Minor: Murder and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Suicide, Cancer, Gore, Xenophobia, Racism, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Violence, Incest, Child abuse, and Torture

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

informative reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, and Classism

theomancy's review

informative reflective

3.25

This is much more of a personal reflection on the author's experience growing up with Disney movies and other media than a focused analysis of disability in folklore, but it was still informative. I appreciated the author's openness about her life but since I found this in libro's "History" section I wished it was a bit more focused and went deeper. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Bullying

liteartha's review against another edition

informative reflective

3.5

a solid work of nonfiction that examines the relationship between disability and fairytales. i appreciated the way it highlighted both the equating of disability or disfigurement with villainy and the considerably less discussed hero's journey of vanquishing disability or disfigurement in themselves as though to prove their worth or else in reward of their good deeds. leduc's critique of individualistic vs systemic change in fairytales as well as real life is also very compelling. 

there were certain areas in which additional research felt needed and others where the book seemed to lose its focus a little, but i do also recognize that this book (despite a title that suggests scholarship) is actually quite personal for long stretches and delves into the author's own experience with both cerebral palsy and depression. still a book i'd recommend especially to storytellers, but by no means a comprehensive look at the history of disability in fairytales.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Bullying

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape, Violence, and Mental illness

jessthanthree's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

toffishay's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

What a powerful, emotional, informative, and interesting read. I was challenged to look at fairy tales and the stories that we tell ourselves in a new light. This book is part memoir in a way, which I was not expecting, but added so much. The style of writing is also fantastic and reads whimsical, almost like a fairy tale itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Bullying

Moderate: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, and Sexual violence

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Ableism