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kek513's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer
jazzcone's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
amy_in_the_city's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer
zombiezami's review against another edition
funny
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reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Very biting. Knocked off a star because the author said some pretty ableist stuff at times.
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Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Ableism, Classism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Bullying, and Cancer
Minor: Colonisation, Homophobia, War, Genocide, and Torture
goosegrimm's review against another edition
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4.0
I love Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickeled and Dimed was a very important book for me and Brightsided was just as impactful. Ehrenreich starts small with her personal experience dealing with toxic positivity in the Breast Cancer community then shows how positivity has escalated in scale and impact in American culture. Toxic Positivity is now a growing buzzword online, but Ehrenreich was dissecting the movement in 2009, right after the housing market crash. Her perspective is even more telling now, especially with the normalization of freelance work and "grind culture" dominating online spaces. If you want to better understand the historical nature of "positivity mindsets" and how it came to dominate American culture, Brightsided is well worth the read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Cancer and Chronic illness
errantserpent's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
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Minor: Cancer
negotiumperambulans's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.75
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Moderate: Cancer
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