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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
27 reviews
deveyway's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt
annemaries_shelves's review against another edition
5.0
Most of the essays were under 10 pages, which made for a great sampler of each writer’s work and stories without becoming overwhelming. While there were essays I loved more than others, each one gave me something to think about and each essay made sense as part of a greater anthology whole. The trigger content warnings at the top of each relevant essay was also appreciated. And I spent the whole time reading with a pencil in hand, underlining and starring and commenting - just annotating the whole book really.
A few above and beyond elements: You can also access a plain language version of the book on the disability visibility project website, which I think is amazing. The back of the book contains bios of each contributing author as well as recommended additional reading, which I will be taking advantage of. Since Disability Visibility was primarily focused on disabled authors in the USA (with a few exceptions) the book also reinforced my desire to read from Canadian, and other non-American disability perspectives.
I recommend this as introductory/extremely important reading for everyone. For me, Disability Visibility is just the first step in reading and learning more about disability justice and exploring disabled authors’ fiction, non-fiction, and other creative works.
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Abortion, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
clarabooksit's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia
Moderate: Abortion, Miscarriage, and Sexual content
I really appreciated that nearly every essay in this collection begins with content warnings, so the reader knows what they’re about to read.bookishnatalia's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia
leighannebfd3b's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Transphobia
piperlee's review against another edition
5.0
As someone recently disabled, I felt incredibly seen and understood through the voices of multiple contributors.
Highly, highly recommend.
Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Medical content
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, and Terminal illness
kokie's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts