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Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai

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melsmagicalreads's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

aweekinthelife's review

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hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.25

a recounting, history, and personal reflection on what Sins Invalid means to the author and disabled community at large. would also recommend learning more about Sins Invalid through their primer (https://www.sinsinvalid.org/) for more background.

gdulecki's review

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

Hmmmm… I struggled a lot with this book, and learning that it was adapted from a thesis makes a lot of sense as to why. A lot of the language is very academic and verges on being inaccessible. I do think the dive into the history and politics of Sins Invalid was done well, but I do wish there had been more about their performances because I really enjoyed whenever there was a snapshot of a performance and its intention.

One thing that drove me absolutely bonkers and made me consider not reading the book at all was how when someone used multiple pronouns, rather than switching between the two, the author wrote out both of them every single time?? I did appreciate that ever time a new person was introduced their pronouns were listed, but one example I wrote down was “this topic came up for patty when she/they reflected on the administrative work she/they do.” HUH!!!! I fr almost dnf’d because this was so hard to read lmao