Reviews

The Future is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

the_incredible_sulk's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

thequeertoad's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.25

mixedreader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

It took me just under a year to fully absorb this book—to let myself relax into its love and wisdom. The process of reading it has reminded me of the ways that slow is beautiful; that I can honor my multiple-book-reading processes; that I intentionally return to projects and books and community with love. That I can move forward with my intentions and processes in a way that makes space for my anxious brain and neurodivergence. 

So much to learn and love here. Very much a sacred text. Read it to expand the ways you dream, the ways you consider access and intimacy, the ways you radically imagine. 

skyturtles's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

erachelc's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

culpeppper's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

This was a beautiful series of essays. Truly changed how I view care work, myself, those around me, and recontextualized how I view the world. I cried, I grieved, I laughed, I felt held by these essays while listening to the author read her own book in her own voice. I'm very excited to read Care Work, when I have proper time to process it. For now, I am recommending this to others who want to grow their care, empathy, desire for change, and introduce them to disability justice, specifically because Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha seems to have shared a piece of her soul with the greater world, and it would be a shame if it's beauty wasn't shared. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death, Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Medical content

pineapple_queen's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

sophafie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

dreaminthepast's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

mitchell_1's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Hate crime, Suicide, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, and Racism