Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

8 reviews

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

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

dhiyanah's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Confinement

Minor: Suicide and Racism

arlingtonchamberofgay's review

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Leah has a way of making me feel seen, in all of my AuDHD, queer, enby, disabled splendor. On the days when the everyday ableism and fear of the MIC neglecting me to the point of death, I come back to their and DJ’s words. And I remember I’m not alone, I can not only imagine a disabled future, but help to make it a reality. There will always be work to do, but we can at least live a life worth while at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Ableism, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Racism, Suicide, Rape, and Transphobia

Minor: Police brutality and Sexual violence

teeclecticreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring

5.0

l loved that I could see myself and my spoonie friends in a lot of these stories and experiences, while also learning more about the identities I don’t hold. 

There was pain, griet, frustration and love sprinkled all throughout the book, and having Leah themself narrate it made it more immersive (eg. they teared up while reading a particular section). 

It was informative and held my attention the whole time. I can’t wait to read Care Work and see where everything started.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Ableism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Grief

avisreadsandreads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Chronic illness, Ableism, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Cancer, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Fatphobia, Murder, Police brutality, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Child abuse, Transphobia, Sexual content, and Homophobia

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 Holy shit, this is OUTSTANDING. Every essay gave me a new perspective, new impression, new things to ponder and grow from. Can't recommend enough, I loved this even more than the author's previous Care Work which I also loved. I can't wait to revisit this and glean even more wisdom from it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Chronic illness, Grief, Medical content, Ableism, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Cancer, Genocide, Homophobia, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Self harm, Abortion, Suicide, and Transphobia