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A review by catnipdream
Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power by Devon Price
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
I went into this like “yeah yeah I know this” but the way Price lays it all out has really stuck with me and actually has helped me notice when shame comes up in my life and what to do about it.
In the time I read this book I:
-confided in a friend about a shameful experience I had been embarrassed to talk about and received a lot of love
-realized I want to talk with more people about my shame so I started going to a peer support group
-have a better idea of what my desires may be and starting to move away from “ugh that’s so cringe I can’t do that”
This books is also wonderfully anarchic and talks a lot about communal based approaches vs hyper individualism. If you are caught up in the activist/organizing/mutual aid sphere and approaching burnout you could probably find some benefit here.
FWIW: I am an autistic queer weirdo and that lines up a lot with the authors experience. I can’t say how much it would help folks outside of that experience but I think it’s worth checking out.
In the time I read this book I:
-confided in a friend about a shameful experience I had been embarrassed to talk about and received a lot of love
-realized I want to talk with more people about my shame so I started going to a peer support group
-have a better idea of what my desires may be and starting to move away from “ugh that’s so cringe I can’t do that”
This books is also wonderfully anarchic and talks a lot about communal based approaches vs hyper individualism. If you are caught up in the activist/organizing/mutual aid sphere and approaching burnout you could probably find some benefit here.
FWIW: I am an autistic queer weirdo and that lines up a lot with the authors experience. I can’t say how much it would help folks outside of that experience but I think it’s worth checking out.