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A review by reading_between_the_trees
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This is a must read!! Especially if you call yourself a feminist. Disability is all too frequently left out of social justice conversations, especially feminism. Taussig explains how doing this leaves out the largest minority of people who not only deserve to be advocated for and have their needs met, but have so much to contribute!
The disability lens reshapes how we think about productivity in relation to our own self-worth, it highlights the specificity with which the physical and social worlds are structured for able-bodied and neurotypical people, and it is a force of invention and creativity. The world doesn't have to be as it is, and the spaces and structures around you are not set in stone. They can be changed and reinvented.
Unfortunately, many of us accept the world as it is, ignoring structures that trap disabled people in poor housing, unsafe marriages, and unfulfilling and/or unaccommodating jobs. I found this text very accessible, so I would recommend it to anyone looking to further their knowledge of disability studies, or as an intro to it!
The disability lens reshapes how we think about productivity in relation to our own self-worth, it highlights the specificity with which the physical and social worlds are structured for able-bodied and neurotypical people, and it is a force of invention and creativity. The world doesn't have to be as it is, and the spaces and structures around you are not set in stone. They can be changed and reinvented.
Unfortunately, many of us accept the world as it is, ignoring structures that trap disabled people in poor housing, unsafe marriages, and unfulfilling and/or unaccommodating jobs. I found this text very accessible, so I would recommend it to anyone looking to further their knowledge of disability studies, or as an intro to it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Medical content
Minor: Medical trauma and Sexual violence