pattytims's review

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5.0


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novella42's review

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5.0

This book was too powerful for me to be able to give a coherent review right after finishing it. I will say that as a white disabled queer woman, I am immensely grateful to learn these stories, struggles, and wisdom from QTBIPOC disabled community leaders and visionaries. I think this is the most important book I have read in years.

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honeyvoiced's review

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3.75


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wall0w's review

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5.0

Essential reading. Some may say it isn't a comfortable introduction to Disability Justice but I think it's vital to experience that discomfort. As with learning more in any area of justice, putting current comfort levels over learning leads to further injustice, and (especially with something as temporary as being abled) is an enormous to everyone, currently disabled or not

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tlaynejones's review

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5.0

This is the best book I’ve read this year. The writing is deeply compassionate thoughtful and challenging. I am grateful to have the opportunity to question and expand many of my long held understandings of the world and of myself. Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha shared her experiences, vulnerability, strengths, and desires with a warm generous relatability. I wish everyone would read this. Highly recommended.

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kpeps's review against another edition

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4.75

A great perspective on disability justice and how/why to care for the most marginalized of us.

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lee_noel's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.75


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rionstorm's review

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3.5

There's some really good ideas and concrete resources in this book. There's also some wonderful utopian imagining and goal setting, which feels motivational and helped expand my thinking. 

It reads like a mix of a memoir, academic theory, and a practical guide, which was interesting. I struggled to get through certain sections that felt a little repetitive, or were very hyper-specific to Canada and the USA. The intense, firm narration style makes sense and fits with such vital subject matter, but for me became a bit overwhelming after a while, in the same way listening to a lot of impassioned speeches one after the other can make the words being said start to bounce off you a bit. 

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charlottejones952's review against another edition

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2.0

I'll admit that I didn't complete the last 2 chapters but this was because of the content. This book is enlightening but tough so I don't know who I'd recommend to. Discussion of care work and ableism were fascinating but the trauma and surviverhood was too blunt and difficult to read for me.

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tinyplanet's review against another edition

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3.0


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