Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice Culture by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

25 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Racism, and Ableism

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, Suicide, and Incest

abookwormspov's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

An absolutely stunning and incredibly informative collection of essays. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Self harm, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Death, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Domestic abuse

biobeetle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

teeclecticreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

I feel like I was given a long, tight hug and told that things will be ok 🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide, Ableism, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Homophobia

Minor: Transphobia

mallyj_20's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Ableism, Self harm, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Mental illness

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

challenging informative

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Incest

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

tlaynejones's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is the best book I’ve read this year. The writing is deeply compassionate thoughtful and challenging. I am grateful to have the opportunity to question and expand many of my long held understandings of the world and of myself. Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha shared her experiences, vulnerability, strengths, and desires with a warm generous relatability. I wish everyone would read this. Highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Chronic illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual violence, Ableism, Suicide, Transphobia, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Addiction, Chronic illness, Colonisation, and Suicidal thoughts

rionstorm's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

There's some really good ideas and concrete resources in this book. There's also some wonderful utopian imagining and goal setting, which feels motivational and helped expand my thinking. 

It reads like a mix of a memoir, academic theory, and a practical guide, which was interesting. I struggled to get through certain sections that felt a little repetitive, or were very hyper-specific to Canada and the USA. The intense, firm narration style makes sense and fits with such vital subject matter, but for me became a bit overwhelming after a while, in the same way listening to a lot of impassioned speeches one after the other can make the words being said start to bounce off you a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Excrement, Racism, Addiction, Ableism, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Medical content, Transphobia, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Colonisation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Deportation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Classism, Pedophilia, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Vomit, and Cancer

Minor: Religious bigotry and Stalking

charlottejones952's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

2.0

I'll admit that I didn't complete the last 2 chapters but this was because of the content. This book is enlightening but tough so I don't know who I'd recommend to. Discussion of care work and ableism were fascinating but the trauma and surviverhood was too blunt and difficult to read for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, and Transphobia