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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
6 reviews
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
rionstorm's review
3.5
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.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Excrement, Racism, Addiction, Ableism, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Medical content, Transphobia, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Colonisation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Deportation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Classism, Pedophilia, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Vomit, and Cancer
Minor: Religious bigotry and Stalking
tinyplanet's review against another edition
3.0
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
brighteyed's review
4.75
Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence
emilykval's review
5.0
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
achingallover's review
3.0
Part VI was really good and gave me a lot to think about, but other parts were repetitive, reductive, bad advice (eg regarding medication) or, just, lots of acronyms that weren't explained (the irony that it discusses making writing less academic to be accessible is not lost on me).
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit