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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong
11 reviews
lipstickitotheman's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Hate crime, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Police brutality, Rape, Self harm, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Classism, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Murder, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, and Racism
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Rape, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Cancer, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Racism
Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Murder
Minor: Abortion and Excrement
kelleykamanda's review
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Excrement, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Infertility, Body shaming, Ableism, Racism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Fatphobia
chronicacademia's review against another edition
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Abortion, Bullying, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
booksjessreads's review against another edition
5.0
This book does not solely focus on disability, but contributors also discuss further intersections of identity, such as gender, sexuality, age, race and religion. This allows the reader to understand how society further disadvantages those with these intersections and offers a deeply moving and rage-inducing account of US society.
I enjoyed the audio so much I am getting my own print version to get more familiar with the text. This is essential reading and is one of the most informative reads I have read this year.
Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Ableism, Transphobia, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Death and Pregnancy
lilacs_book_bower's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Fatphobia, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Ableism, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Self harm, and Sexual harassment
ageckocalledachilles's review
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Acephobia/Arophobia, Medical trauma, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Sexism
Moderate: Genocide, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment
Minor: Miscarriage
spiritedfaraway's review
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