Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

25 reviews

tinyplanet's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Ableism, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Incest, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, and Sexual harassment

lily1304's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

I read this to learn more about disability justice, which I did, but I also learned different ways of thinking about caring for myself and others. I definitely want to reread this later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide

porcupinetree's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Misogyny, Ableism, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Racism, Drug use, and Grief

arsenic_'s review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

onewoman_bookclub's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Ableism

Moderate: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault

internationalreads's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Rape, Medical trauma, Grief, and Death

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

I read the first half of this book really slowly--like, over the course of several months. The second half moved much more quickly for me, and I found it more engaging. But really overall I think this book is amazing and I would definitely recommend it. For people not in radical leftist spaces, the writing might be a bit of an adjustment, but I think this is a useful and important read for anyone, regardless of their background or relationship to disability. I'm glad I read it, and thankful for Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's work to write it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Incest, Grief, Police brutality, Transphobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Cultural appropriation, Dementia, and Colonisation

Minor: Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Sexual content

rebeccafarren's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Bullying, Incest, Racism, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Excrement, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Torture, and Vomit

emilykval's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Xenophobia, Violence, Vomit, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Self harm

jouljet's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Incest, Grief, Chronic illness, and Bullying