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This may be my top book of 2023. An absolutely brilliant and creative work of art, this memoir showcases Alice Wong's wit and humor. This book managed to make me laugh in one sentence while I was raging against systemic wrongs in the next. If you are interested in community, intersectionality, and care, this book is a must-read.
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I am so glad this book exists and I am so glad to learn from my fellow disabled people.
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“Oracle, storyteller, cyborg, troublemaker, activist, night owl.” True.
This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time-Alice Wong’s writings is creative, fun, funny, world building, futuristic, critical, and real as fuck. I learned so much that I wish I had known already. I felt love, anger, joy, grief, hope, activated. Mostly just wish I could one day have a coffee (w extra sugar:) with Alice Wong.
This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time-Alice Wong’s writings is creative, fun, funny, world building, futuristic, critical, and real as fuck. I learned so much that I wish I had known already. I felt love, anger, joy, grief, hope, activated. Mostly just wish I could one day have a coffee (w extra sugar:) with Alice Wong.
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Year of the Tiger is written by disability activist Alice Wong on her coming-of-age story and the ins-and-outs of daily life. Featuring interview clips, personal essays, and lots of pictures, Year of Tiger attempts to shed better light on how much those in the community must fight to be heard.
I learned a lot from the book as it pointed out things I wouldn't have thought of otherwise. For example, Alice Wong brings up how important keeping plastic straws are for people like her who have a muscular disability to prevent spills while enjoying a beverage. Another example was having graduate housing that had an accessible bathroom (UCSF didn't, so they actually converted a faculty apartment for her prior to her moving in).
Overall, an enlightening read written by a fantastic author.
Year of the Tiger is written by disability activist Alice Wong on her coming-of-age story and the ins-and-outs of daily life. Featuring interview clips, personal essays, and lots of pictures, Year of Tiger attempts to shed better light on how much those in the community must fight to be heard.
I learned a lot from the book as it pointed out things I wouldn't have thought of otherwise. For example, Alice Wong brings up how important keeping plastic straws are for people like her who have a muscular disability to prevent spills while enjoying a beverage. Another example was having graduate housing that had an accessible bathroom (UCSF didn't, so they actually converted a faculty apartment for her prior to her moving in).
Overall, an enlightening read written by a fantastic author.
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I love how simultaneously conversational and fantastical this memoir feels. It’s like Alice Wong is telling the stories of her life like one would around a table, but with experimental, fun crosswords and speculative delight… like the part about wanting to have ghost sex near the end?! Fuck yeah! Ugh I love disabled wisdom and disabled joy and Alice Wong!!!
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Graphic: Ableism