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Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
3 reviews
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
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
armontheroad's review
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Let me preface by saying this is a very important book and I would still recommend it to people. With that said, after debating for weeks about my rating for this book, I have settled on a 3-star rating. Throughout a good portion of this book, I was SURE that this would be a 4-star read. I had taken a star off, knocking it to a four, because of Amanda Leduc’s use of Male/Female terminology. Even in instances where it was literally impossible for Leduc to know someone’s biological sex, she boiled them down to their genitals. It was bizarre and highly uncomfortable reading as a Disabled trans person. What made the rating drop down to a three was the reference and praise of a known transphobic ableist author whose views have passed laws that have caused harm to many marginalized individuals. I think this book was well written, well researched, and very engaging. I loved the conversations about how deeply rooted ableism is in our society. I adored the balance between the memoir-ish sections and dissecting ableism in fairytales. I do think this has the potential to do lots of good. However, I must also acknowledge that this book does lots of harm to marginalized communities as well.
CWs/TWs: Stillborn, medical content, ableism, child death, murder, rape, hate crime, bullying, TERF language, harry potter reference, depression, suicidal ideation, mass shooting, gun violence, etc.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Ableism, and Bullying
plantbasedbride's review
challenging
informative
medium-paced
5.0
A fascinating and eye-opening exploration of the connection between fairytales and disability. Amanda LeDuc did an excellent job of compiling a tremendous amount of information into a compulsively readable, concise, and understandable format.
Disability and mental illness are so often vilified in the stories we consume; used as shorthand to indicate that someone is unworthy or wicked. A trope in lazy writing that directly correlates with how disabled and mentally ill people are treated in their day-to-day lives.
How does it feel for a young person consuming media such as The Little Mermaid to see themselves represented in a way they never had, only to find that the heroine is magically cured of her "ailments" and gets her happy ending as an able-bodied woman, with legs and a voice.
How does this reinforcement of the idea that a happy ending is inextricably linked with able bodiedness impact our preconceived notions and biases as we grow up?
This is a world-view shifting book that everyone should read.
VIDEO REVIEW: https://youtu.be/Z6jPExstT1Y
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Disability and mental illness are so often vilified in the stories we consume; used as shorthand to indicate that someone is unworthy or wicked. A trope in lazy writing that directly correlates with how disabled and mentally ill people are treated in their day-to-day lives.
How does it feel for a young person consuming media such as The Little Mermaid to see themselves represented in a way they never had, only to find that the heroine is magically cured of her "ailments" and gets her happy ending as an able-bodied woman, with legs and a voice.
How does this reinforcement of the idea that a happy ending is inextricably linked with able bodiedness impact our preconceived notions and biases as we grow up?
This is a world-view shifting book that everyone should read.
VIDEO REVIEW: https://youtu.be/Z6jPExstT1Y
You can find me on...
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Child death
Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, and Body horror
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