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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
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Honestly, this book gave me the ick. I don't think the author did her research properly and kept conflating things a lot. While there was an afterword about race, the whole book proper intersectionality and so many of the recs were based on privilege, that the author didn't acknowledge. I also didn't like how autism and A*perger's was used interchangeable, when they are not and the latter is actually a problematic word, with a problematic history. Same with woman and female, she mentions that she will use them interchangable, but the excuse is so weak.
I also don't see the point of discussing being highly sensitive as something separated to asd, ADHD, SPD, like it wasn't that unique and just another label to confuse things.
Another annoyance, why the obsession with hating on labels, using the word disorder etc to the point of low key shitting on one of the people she interviewed. Like the issue with labels is more complex and we can hold competing ideas at the same time 🙄
I also don't see the point of discussing being highly sensitive as something separated to asd, ADHD, SPD, like it wasn't that unique and just another label to confuse things.
Another annoyance, why the obsession with hating on labels, using the word disorder etc to the point of low key shitting on one of the people she interviewed. Like the issue with labels is more complex and we can hold competing ideas at the same time 🙄
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Colonisation
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3.5 - this book definitely suffers from being overly broad and therefore not at all in detail on the vast majority of the topics she covers. And there are way too many. There is also some ableism for sure. It isn’t organized very well and because she touches on way too many topics it’s hard to feel engaged with any of them and it has bad flow, feeling like it is changing topics all the time. However it did teach me a lot and was interesting to learn more about how sensory sensitivity prevents in women who are neurodivergent. I enjoyed the overall topic of the book and I think the authors intentions were good.
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medium-paced
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