Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

44 reviews

chrispy's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical trauma and Suicidal thoughts

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

jdieperink's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

5.0

It’s been a few days since I finished this and I still can’t quite wrap my hands around what I thought of it other than that I loved it. 

It’s a book that is simultaneously not for me and everything I need. It’s not an introductory text to disability justice but maybe it should be?

Since it is a collection of essays, it is occasionally repetitive but that doesn’t take away from the collection and how loving it is. 

I’ve seen a few other reviews that mention this but this book is not medical advice and I think the author does make sure to cover that, even when it’s more concrete tips. 

CW: abuse, suicide, ableism, misogyny, racism and probably more. Take care of yourself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Ableism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence and Vomit

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

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

brighteyed's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

such a powerful book and really helped me reconsider dis/ability! i’m not necessarily the biggest fan of some stylistic choices but this is an amazing book :)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

lettuce_read's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts

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