Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong

16 reviews

happyunicorn7's review

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Graphic: Ableism and Chronic illness

josiebrown's review

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, and Ableism

jebecky's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Medical trauma, Classism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, and Ableism

novella42's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

Easily one of the most important books I've read this year. I feel silly saying this, but I didn't know memoirs of disabled people could be... like... fun? And playful? And hilarious? And snarky? And also no-nonsense, anti-ableist, and badass, all at the same time! I'm really grateful for Alice's work in the world, and in the way she role models disabled joy and reclaiming her own damn story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Racism, Grief, Medical content, Ableism, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Confinement, Suicide, Dysphoria, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Terminal illness, Bullying, Classism, Hate crime, Genocide, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Excrement, Religious bigotry, and Fatphobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Alice Wong has a kind, unique, and vivifying voice. I found myself smiling throughout this audiobook. My one note is that some of the essays/reflections were repetitive. I do notice that they were carefully organized to build on certain narratives/eras in the author’s life. All in all, I highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Ableism, Terminal illness, Death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Domestic abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Animal death, and Child death

hmetwade's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cursing, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Body shaming

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This memoir was so different from any other I've read before because it was such a great collection of mixed media, including interviews, podcasts, photos and so much more from this activist's life and work. Disability justice is so important, but it's definitely not an area that I know a whole lot about, so I learned so incredibly much. Wong did a fantastic job of blending her own story and experiences with discussions of major issues and manifestos personal and political. I've already recommended this book for a future social justice book club pick at my campus next there are so many important lessons to be learned for not just students but also faculty and staff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Medical content, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying and Xenophobia

sarahsbookstacks's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Medical content, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Ableism

jayisreading's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

This was a uniquely constructed memoir that was also moonlighting as a essay collection. Alice Wong, a disabled Chinese American activist, proudly and fiercely shares her lived experiences in these pages to also talk about ableism, disability justice, as well as intersectionality and the necessity to remember disability in these conversations. Quite a few of the pieces in this memoir/collection are excerpts from the public work she has done in advocating for disability justice. As a result, I did find that a lot of the writing got repetitive. I personally enjoyed the pieces she wrote that focused on her being Chinese American most.

Despite the repetitiveness, I do highly encourage everyone to read this, especially if you’re not entirely familiar with disability justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Racism and Body shaming

Minor: Death

lettuce_read's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Medical content