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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
33 reviews
googie_puvdan's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality
Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
wandering_canuck's review against another edition
5.0
This is exactly what you don't expect to read: unapologetic, candid, genuine tales of the lived disabled experience. Do not expect inspiration porn or movie of the week stories of overcoming. This book gives space and voice to the realities of the day to day lived experiences of disabled people.
This book served to highlight my shameful ignorance and forced me to confront some of my own biases. This isn't a one-and-done type of book. I challenge you to read this book and not have your world shook.
Wong does a fantastic job of bringing together many types of voices. A common theme throughout is the unjust marginalization of disabled people and it's intersectionality with other invisibilized qualities, such as poverty, queerness, size, and race.
This is an absolute must-read and is deserving of a permanent spot on your bookshelf.
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Classism
korourke's review against another edition
4.5
My fav essays were:
- Unspeakable Conversations by Harriet McBryde Johnson
- Common Cyborg by Jillian Weise
- How to Make a Paper Crane from Rage by Elsa Sjunneson
- Why My Novel Is Dedicated to My Disabled Friend Maddy by A.H. Reaume
- Six Ways of Looking at Crip Time by Ellen Samuels
- Times Up for Me, Too by Carolyn Gehrig
- Still Dreaming Wild Disability Dreams at the End of the World by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation
lipstickitotheman's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Police brutality, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Excrement and Abortion
yourfavavery's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
leguinstan's review against another edition
5.0
When I say that this work is diverse, I don't simply mean that in regards to author's cultural backgrounds and identities (race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc.). Some of the essays are extremely political while others are more personal and intimate in nature. Some are about promoting accessiblity in certain industries while others are about the failings of services put into place for disabled individuals. I deeply appreciate the intersectional and communal focus of Disability Visability and also appreciate the (very justified) rage that was expressed in many of the essays. Respectability politics? We don't know her!
There are so many wonderful essays and I found it more difficult than usual to pick out my favorites. But here are some of my personal favorites:
- "Unspeakable Conversations" by Harriet McBryde Johnson
- "Radical visibility : A Disabled Queer Clothing Reform Movement Manifesto" by Sky Cubacub
- "Guide Dogs Don't Lead Blind People. We Wander as One" by Haben Girma
- "Imposter Syndrome and Parenting With a Disability" by Jessica Slice
- "Six Ways of Looking at Crip Time" by Ellen Samuels
- "Love Means Never Having to Say... Anything" by Jamison Hill
Highly recommended!!
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Mental illness
Moderate: Racism, Sexual violence, and Medical content
While my list of content warning is not remotely comprehensive, I wanted to mention that every single essay in this anthology has content warnings listed at the very top pertaining to the particular essay in question. That is fan-friggin-tastic!!kelleykamanda's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
lizziaha's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Murder, and Sexual harassment
xfallenxnightx's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, and Medical trauma