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4.33 AVERAGE
4.33 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
I have never read a book that captured the energy of a zine more than this.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
While I am interested to learn more about disabled people I don't enjoy this book a lot. There were a lot of excerpts of previous work they already did for me felt like page filler, if I wanted to listen to previous interviews I could. It being in audiobook also didn't help. listening to one person read audio transcript of 2 people was hard.
They have another work in essay format with other people on my TBR
They have another work in essay format with other people on my TBR
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Fatphobia, Excrement, Religious bigotry
I took my time working my way through this in-between other books--easy to do as it's more a collection of essays than a fully arced-out memoir. I didn't always agree with Alice, but her perspective is invaluable. She doesn't apologize for being who is she in a world that is always trying to make her do so. That in itself makes this worth reading.
One quick note about how the book was put together that may save you some trouble: there are further notes about all the images in the last few pages of the book. I had no idea until I had gotten to the end of the book and seen that. If it was mentioned in the introduction I entirely missed it and wish that had been more clear so I could have read the descriptions as I went along.
This book was a collection of essays, conversations, interviews, etc about being a disability activist and also a Chinese American. I really enjoyed reading through these. The one thing I wish had been done was some sort of connector, that maybe brought the sections together. Other than the introduction we don't really get that.
This book was a collection of essays, conversations, interviews, etc about being a disability activist and also a Chinese American. I really enjoyed reading through these. The one thing I wish had been done was some sort of connector, that maybe brought the sections together. Other than the introduction we don't really get that.
medium-paced
Year of the Tiger is an inventive memoir from Alice Wong, who I know from her editing work on Disability Visibility, a fantastic collection. Wong uses a mix of media through this memoir- some are essays previously written, there are photographs, artwork, poems, etc. highlighting her life, both past and present. She is such a thoughtful writer with a lovely touch of humor in her work. This is a great opportunity to peer into the life of a disability advocate.