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Reviews tagging 'Body horror'
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
5 reviews
overbooked207's review
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Body horror, Physical abuse, Ableism, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Medical content, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse
thedisabledreader's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, and Classism
toffishay's review
4.75
Graphic: Ableism and Bullying
Moderate: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, and Sexual violence
plantbasedbride's review
5.0
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.
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Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Child death
Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, and Body horror
kendallreadsbooks's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Body horror