novella42 's review for:

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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Easily one of the most important books I've read this year. I feel silly saying this, but I didn't know memoirs of disabled people could be... like... fun? And playful? And hilarious? And snarky? And also no-nonsense, anti-ableist, and badass, all at the same time! I'm really grateful for Alice's work in the world, and in the way she role models disabled joy and reclaiming her own damn story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Fatphobia, Excrement, Religious bigotry