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lottie1803's review
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Ableism, and Forced institutionalization
meggles's review
5.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Racism, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Islamophobia, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, and Chronic illness
danbarac's review
4.0
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Rape, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, and Dysphoria
qi_'s review
4.25
saved so many good quotes from here that range from being funny, heart wrenching, inspiring and informative. so here are a couple :
Et Lux (also, light) = Under the medical model I am considered disabled because I require a wheelchair for mobility; under the social model I am disabled because so few spaces are wheelchair accessible. I am quite fond of Alison Kafer’s political/relational model of disability, which acknowledges the ways in which disability is constructed in political and interpersonal terms. Disability isn’t located only in the body, but in the way our bodies interact with the world and with the people around us
Forever Fixing = Every effort was focused on ‘getting me well’, no matter the consequences. • The social model of disability gave me a framework for understanding my chronic illness, but it sometimes had little room for my actual experience of being sick
Falling in Love, Fanfic, and Bone Fusion = ‘You can’t be a lesbian and disabled,’ she wailed. ‘Why would you do that to yourself?’ • I listened to The Smiths on repeat, before realising that Morrissey is the actual worst.
Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, and Medical trauma
carleesi's review
4.0
Reading this was heart breaking, eye opening, and challenging (in a very good way).
I was saddened to have multiple instances of fatphobia (especially use of the word/concept ob*sity) and outdated language around autism.
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Animal death and Fatphobia
meegreads's review
5.0
Moderate: Ableism
teatales's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Terminal illness