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courtneyfalling's review
As an autistic, multiply disabled reader, I was excited for this—I feel like I've read a lot of good, more radical disability scholarship that cited Yergeau or heard about her work via other scholar-activists. But this just wasn't the book for me. Parts of the argument were interesting and I like how this book fucks with combining traditional academic discourse with personal reflections and profanity, but a lot felt extra-familiar from my lived experience and other reading already, except from a higher level and with more abstract language and terminology. And I didn't want to finish it just to give it a low rating when I am glad that Yergeau's writing and work exist. So maybe I'll try a different book in the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Medical trauma
egmamaril's review
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Ableism, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
Funny, compelling, invigorating. A must read for anyone interested in rhetoric, queerness, autism, disability, and philosophy.barefootbetsy's review
5.0
I absolutely loved this book! As an autistic person, myself, I thought it was a challenging read in many ways; but it was lovely. Melanie Yergeau uses words in ways that are thrilling.
I often had to pause and look up word-meanings and such (which is unusual for me to need to do), but it was 100% worth it and I'm planning to reread this book every year until I am unable to read.
I often had to pause and look up word-meanings and such (which is unusual for me to need to do), but it was 100% worth it and I'm planning to reread this book every year until I am unable to read.
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