Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

23 reviews

siasprout's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault and Child abuse

biobeetle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

caprivoyant's review against another edition

My heart! This book was so needed and so healing.

Personally, I especially appreciated the essay/chapter on ableism in the spiritual and energy-healing communities. It validated a lot about how I experienced that community and made me feel less alone or like less of a failure by not being able to change it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Racism

teeclecticreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

I feel like I was given a long, tight hug and told that things will be ok 🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide, Ableism, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Homophobia

Minor: Transphobia

novella42's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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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Content Warnings

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

keatynbergsten's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

scarroll178's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

Very insightful. I learned so much about Disability Justice. The writing style wasn’t my jam; it was repetitive, but still a very good book. If you’re interested in the intersections between disability, race, and trauma, this book is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Sexual assault

wall0w's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

kpeps's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Incest

bendy_bookworm's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was the second book I’ve read by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and once again, they have exceeded my expectations. This book is like a love letter to the disability community. Full of wisdom, emotion, and compassion, Leah describes what it’s like to be disabled without leaving out the gritty details. This book was a hug for my disabled non-binary soul. I can’t wait to read more of Leah’s work. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Chronic illness

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault