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The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health by Zena Sharman
gatorskulls's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Medical trauma
lsparrow's review
5.0
Exactly what i needed to read at the closing of this year, full of covid and my own personal burn out. This booked helped to reconnect me with the ideas that brought me to this work. Although i have no concrete plans or changes I feel revived. It reminds me that although the systems I work within are broken that I hope for something better. For my community, my clients and for myself as a care giver. I am reminded to dream and to call myself to transformation.
mporeddy42's review
5.0
A beautifully written book with reflections, essays, and calls for action in LGBTQ+ healthcare and creating community. The Care We Dream Of offered me a much needed space for reflection that is worth revisiting and continuing to expand on over time.
allegratate's review
5.0
Necessary read for all those who work in care professions or just people who care about others (hopefully most of us!!). It took me a while to get through but I’m glad I took my time with this read. Also bring your tissues for the beautiful writings on death—but also be prepared to feel hope for what our futures may hold. Loved it!!!
lwilde's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
This book is a collection of essays, interviews, and other writings discussing our current healthcare system, and what an idealized healthcare system could look like for queer, POC, disabled, fat, and other marginalized people. It covers topics from birth to death, and while it can be deeply depressing about the current system in place, it sows the seeds of hope and inspiration for what could be with work, dismantling the current system, and investment of community. I must-read for anyone seeking to enter, currently in, or adjacent to healthcare and like work.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death
This can be a heavy read, that discusses many heavy and sometimes depressing/disturbing topics. While these topics can be difficult to interact with, it's important to acknowledge them as a part of our collective history as queer people, and healthcare as a whole.