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Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind by Fariha Róisín
2 reviews
yaoipaddle's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
This book is different than expected, but I am still pleasantly surprised for the most part. I expected this book to be strictly about wellness culture and not include much of the author's life, but this book has a lot of the author's personal life in it. It discusses not only wellness in terms of yoga and meditation like I expected, but also spirituality, environment, family, etc.
I'm white and I think other white people would really gain a lot reading this. I quite like a lot of the connections drawn between capitalism, white supremacy, and wellness culture as it exists in most of the world today. If you think reading something like this would make you uncomfortable as a white person, then I REALLY think you need to read this.
You can tell that writing this book brought a lot of comfort to the author, so good for her!
One of my main dislikes from this book is the overuse of references/quotes. I am not exaggerating when I say almost every single page quotes another work/person. Often times there is multiple ones. I remember one occasion when a third of the page was taken up by a massive quote. This all makes the book more clunky to read and exhausting. I find that for a lot of the quotes the author does not integrate it well to her writing. Very often I felt like I was reading a long research paper's literature review. This does not make it a smooth or fast read.
One final thank you I want to give the author is that for the first time in my life I found someone actual reference the pain the USA & NATO inflicted on my home country. I often felt like we were overseen/invisible in that sense. So thank you thank you thank you! (Not really related to the book but it still meant a lot to me so I am putting it here.)
I'm white and I think other white people would really gain a lot reading this. I quite like a lot of the connections drawn between capitalism, white supremacy, and wellness culture as it exists in most of the world today. If you think reading something like this would make you uncomfortable as a white person, then I REALLY think you need to read this.
You can tell that writing this book brought a lot of comfort to the author, so good for her!
One of my main dislikes from this book is the overuse of references/quotes. I am not exaggerating when I say almost every single page quotes another work/person. Often times there is multiple ones. I remember one occasion when a third of the page was taken up by a massive quote. This all makes the book more clunky to read and exhausting. I find that for a lot of the quotes the author does not integrate it well to her writing. Very often I felt like I was reading a long research paper's literature review. This does not make it a smooth or fast read.
One final thank you I want to give the author is that for the first time in my life I found someone actual reference the pain the USA & NATO inflicted on my home country. I often felt like we were overseen/invisible in that sense. So thank you thank you thank you! (Not really related to the book but it still meant a lot to me so I am putting it here.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Chronic illness, Bullying, Pedophilia, Islamophobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Child abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Incest, Grief, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Abortion
Minor: Transphobia
drraytay's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, and War
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