A review by lee_noel
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

The detailed exploration of how portrayals of people with disabilities in popular media has me looking at the media I consume in a completely new way. What happens when the majority of shows, movies, and books I read feature white, able-bodied, cisheteronormative, neurotypical characters? What happens when I refuse to consume media highlighting these characters? How do I change through these experiences? This book is an excellent choice for exploring the ways we each see the world in part because of what we ingest from popular media. A story is never just a story, after all, and I’m so glad I got Amanda Leduc’s perspective on the dangers of the single story.
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