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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
55 reviews
thedisabledreader's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Racism, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Medical content, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, and Classism
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Transphobia
caropi's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Violence, Abortion, and Sexual violence
abookandaspotoftea's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia
elizabethkore's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Cancer, and Bullying
Moderate: Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism
Minor: Vomit
spiritedfaraway's review against another edition
5.0
Stories are the closest we can come to shared experience… Like all stories, they are most fundamentally a chance to ride around inside another head and be reminded that being who we are and where we are, and doing what we’re doing, is not the only possibility.
Everyone should read this.
Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Abandonment, Grief, Police brutality, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Sexism, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia
Minor: Slavery
foreverinastory's review against another edition
5.0
CWs from each story as provided by the contributor:
Unspeakable Conversations: eugenics, infanticide, assisted suicide.
There's a Mathematical Equation that Proves I'm Ugly: bullying, suicidal ideation.
The Erasure of Indigenous People in Chronic Illness: settler colonialism, genocide, racism, sexism, ableism, erasure, sexual assault, violence, suicide, suicidal ideation.
The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison: sexual assault, language deprivation, isolation, incarceration, trauma, audism.
Common Cyborg: hate, misogyny, harassment, rape threats, death threats, racism, suicide, sterilization, ableism, eugenics.
We Can't Go Back: institutionalization, abuse.
Last but Not Least: body shaming, groping, sexual harassment.
The Antiabortion Bill You Aren't Hearing About: bodily autonomy, eugenics, ableism, trauma, sexual assault, medical trauma, objectification, carceral state, sterilization.
Incontinence is a Public Health Issue...: suicidal ideation, bullying, body shaming, infantilization.
Failing/Burning: suffering, medication, spoilers for Hannah Gadsby's Nanette.
Lost Cause: abuse, racism, ableist language, child neglect, torture, poisoning, self-harm.
Disability Solidarity: state violence, anti-Blackness, racism, ableism, audism, police brutality, incarceration, murder, white supremacy.
Time's Up for Me, Too: sexual assault, intimate partner violence, abuse, trauma.
Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Acephobia/Arophobia, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence
pollyhall's review against another edition
2.0
This was a very slow read, I had to look up a lot of words. I would have liked to see fewer essays but with more depth.
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Violence
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
dramaqueentears's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Terminal illness