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Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind by Fariha Róisín
bookishmillennial's review against another edition
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hopeful
informative
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sad
medium-paced
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Coming back to write a full review, but this was absolutely phenomenal.
Coming back to write a full review, but this was absolutely phenomenal.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Self harm, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Racism, Mental illness, and Cultural appropriation
mlkai's review against another edition
too heavy for current state of the world
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Medical trauma
bamboobones_rory's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
a quote I really liked:
(developing thoughts after mentioning the Toni Morrison quote about evil being predictable): "My ancestors survived an apocalypse, so many of ours did, and yet here I am, writing to you. To me, real human conviction, the courage to be good- even when all you've faced is bad- is magic. It's to learn how to alchemize, to make shit into gold. How else can I explain being here? Other than that I am trapped into an infiniteness that had been quashed and shattered, but I never surrendered to the pain and anger of the hurt. To me, goodness is far more interesting because it is harder. Society should change, and it should evolve even if it's harder work. If governments are failing us (which they are), we have an option to completely rewrite the script so that nobody faces scarcity."
(developing thoughts after mentioning the Toni Morrison quote about evil being predictable): "My ancestors survived an apocalypse, so many of ours did, and yet here I am, writing to you. To me, real human conviction, the courage to be good- even when all you've faced is bad- is magic. It's to learn how to alchemize, to make shit into gold. How else can I explain being here? Other than that I am trapped into an infiniteness that had been quashed and shattered, but I never surrendered to the pain and anger of the hurt. To me, goodness is far more interesting because it is harder. Society should change, and it should evolve even if it's harder work. If governments are failing us (which they are), we have an option to completely rewrite the script so that nobody faces scarcity."
tiliskys713's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
kamelia_karam's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
jacbom17's review
5.0
Loved so much. Thank u roisin!!!! I loved the mix of memoir/history/theory. I learned so much and it was written so beautifully.
elissam1330's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Pedophilia