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carlys_currently_'s review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
jazzzzzis's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
This was such a unique memoir in its formatting and I really enjoyed it. Alice shows us her life through short essays, interview transcripts, art, and other written ways. She describes growing up with her disability and ass-kicking with it as well. It’s funny, wry, and feel of heart. It is such a great reminder to me to continue to center disability justice and unpack my ableism. I want the world to be a better place for Alice and for all disabled people I meet in my life.
tigerlillymelody's review
4.5
Alice Wong is a visionary and every time I engage with her work I come out changed. This memoir almost feels like an elevated zine and I mean this in the best way. I wish I could write more about how much I really liked this book, but genuinely I think I need to sit with so much of the internalized ableism within myself that this book challenges before I can say anything worthwhile.
happyunicorn7's review
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Chronic illness
graveyardpansy's review
5.0
anyone who knows my reading habits knows that memoirs that are interwoven with politics and advice and liberation are my absolute favourite, and alice wong unsurprisingly does it beautifully. i can’t even pick a favourite section or two because it’s all done so well, but some highlights for me were the introduction, “just say nope” and activist wisdom, the discussions of straws, tech, and the internet as access tools, access is love, storytelling as activism, choreography as care, and all the reflections on the current pandemic. i look forward to someday rereading it.