Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

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

2 reviews

rionstorm's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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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Content Warnings

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

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