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Very important to me especially right now while I'm injured.
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Solidly written; presented a valuably different perspective from my own. I’ll be considering-and struggling with Alice’s words for a long time to come (straws, radio hosting, gene editing).
I am so much more emotionally intelligent after reading The Year of the Tiger. Truly.
While I've been reading about and studying racism and how to live into anti-racism for a while now (which will always be a work in progress), and I've been thinking about sexism and finding my feminist footing since college, I haven't done any thinking at all about ableism. Until now.
What I love about Alice Wong is that she is unapologetically herself in this memoir. She is no one's model minority--and I loved her whole approach to giving us a glimpse of her life.
Some of the entries read like journal entries. Some are visual art. Many are funny. Some are hella angry. Some are academic-ish in their approach.
Wong talks about accessibility. And food. Cats. Friends. Chinese New Year. Co-conspiring with other disability rights activists to overthrow our broken health care system. All of it.
Her approach is to just tell readers the honest truth--no matter how that makes them feel. Our feelings are our own problem to work out.
I was absolutely humbled by how little I know about what it's like to live with a disability. I know a little better now.
Read this one. For sure. Especially if your inclination is not to.
While I've been reading about and studying racism and how to live into anti-racism for a while now (which will always be a work in progress), and I've been thinking about sexism and finding my feminist footing since college, I haven't done any thinking at all about ableism. Until now.
What I love about Alice Wong is that she is unapologetically herself in this memoir. She is no one's model minority--and I loved her whole approach to giving us a glimpse of her life.
Some of the entries read like journal entries. Some are visual art. Many are funny. Some are hella angry. Some are academic-ish in their approach.
Wong talks about accessibility. And food. Cats. Friends. Chinese New Year. Co-conspiring with other disability rights activists to overthrow our broken health care system. All of it.
Her approach is to just tell readers the honest truth--no matter how that makes them feel. Our feelings are our own problem to work out.
I was absolutely humbled by how little I know about what it's like to live with a disability. I know a little better now.
Read this one. For sure. Especially if your inclination is not to.
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Fabulous memoir. Before diving in, you should know a little about Wong, but this was wonderful. The pictures throughout also helped visually show what was going on in her life. I will be recommending this to some folks for sure.
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challenging
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