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11corvus11's review
3.0
Full disclosure, I expected this book to be different in composition than it was and that has likely affected my experience with it. The positives of this book is that there is representation of voices sometimes unheard in anthologies like this such as Deaf queer folks, folks without super academic or radical backgrounds, and others. That said, I expected more essays than there were. I am not a big poetry person nor do I understand what makes poetry good and bad. When I found most of the entries in this book to be poetry, I was disappointed. There are also fiction and nonfiction stories told in here and sometimes it is difficult to tell which is which. I found a couple of the stories to be downright detestable (especially the one which is basically a woman talking about how ugly everyone is, the story of the developmentally disabled man's parents setting him up on a date with an abled pedophile woman, and various stories heralding assimilationism.) I don't know... I am a queer and trans disabled person who was hoping to read something I'd relate to or gain something from more than I did. The entries that I did enjoy- which tended to be the more radical of the bunch such as Jax Jacki Brown and others- I enjoyed a lot, which is why this gets the middle-of-the-road rating. If you're a person who really enjoys poetry, you will probably like this better than I did.
whatwordsdidnttouch's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
andymoon's review
3.0
I didn't care for any of the longer works. Enjoyed the poems though. And always nice to read about people similar to and also different from me.
mxpringle's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.75
I think I enjoyed this overall, and I love the concept of having an anthology filled with queer disabled voices, however, some of the actual quality of the pieces was highly variable for different authors and works within the anthology.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
ecn's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
A great book to read as a whole or to pick and choose a few works from some of your favorite artists and/or activists
tyler_j's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
3.75
A mix of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, a comic .... 48 contributors, 97 stories. I did rate each one and it equaled out to 3.62, i'll round up to 3.75 because some of these really struck me hard and personally. All by people who are queer *and* disabled ... like I am. I am so very glad I read this and highly recommend it.
moonbook's review
3.0
TW: sex sence
I enjoy it but the main issue is that some of them felt weird to rate due being about their life, also if you going to read the e-book (like I did) some stories or poetry look different than the physical copy and they said every time (I don't what is the difference).
But I think important to see people who are queer but also with disables
I enjoy it but the main issue is that some of them felt weird to rate due being about their life, also if you going to read the e-book (like I did) some stories or poetry look different than the physical copy and they said every time (I don't what is the difference).
But I think important to see people who are queer but also with disables