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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
52 reviews
kers_tin's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Suicide, and Chronic illness
crybabybea's review against another edition
3.75
Definitely made me realize how often disability gets overlooked in public spaces.
Gave me hope that a care-centered community is possible.
Although a lot of the material talked about is sad (check TW), overall I felt the tone of the book was extremely hopeful, and I found the intimate look at care-centered communities beautiful and spiritual.
Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Terminal illness, Ableism, Police brutality, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Incest, Medical trauma, and Transphobia
the_vegan_bookworm's review
5.0
I think it would be vaulable for anyone, but it would especially be valuable for folks who are disabled (or neurodivergent, Mad, crippled, whatever language you may use personally), queer and/or a trauma survivor.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide, and Ableism
Moderate: Child death and Incest
kateellis00's review
5.0
Moderate: Police brutality, Classism, Chronic illness, Death, Ableism, and Racism
teeclecticreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide, Ableism, and Death
Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Homophobia
Minor: Transphobia
mallyj_20's review
4.75
Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Ableism, Self harm, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Mental illness
howard's review against another edition
5.0
I found myself become very engaged during part 2 and that engagement continued to the end of the book. There are a few essays that deal specifically with suicide that were really triggering and hard to read but also beautiful and important and sad. This book is a great resource, as are most/all of the individual essays.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Ableism
pattytims's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Police brutality, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Murder
novella42's review
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Ableism, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Incest, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Police brutality
historicalmaterialgirl's review against another edition
4.5
I genuinely loved and felt so inspired by the way she discussed mutual aid and care webs as ways to actually practice and try collective care and gift economies. DJ could give us so much insight into non-capitalistic economies and culture-building! And she's so honest about these practices too, like yeah sometimes it sucks or fails or lasts for a month or your needs contradict with each other. I also loved so so much, really truly needed, to read what she says about survivorship and being "not over it, not fixed." Honestly one of the best essays to ever exist sorry about it! She also gave me better insight into what disability justice looks irl, as well as commentary on love, access, aging, spirituality and misogyny that I really appreciated.
I do diverge with some of what was written when we're talking about "femmephobia" and/or emotional labor. Call me old fashioned but girl that's just misogyny! And (emotionally) exhausting tasks/chores are not the same as labor the way communist writing has taught me to think of it. But I'm just annoying lmao this book was amazing go read it!!!!
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Violence