Reviews

Criptiques by Cat Moran, Caitlin Wood

11corvus11's review against another edition

5.0

This is a fantastic and diverse anthology that is both validating and empowering as well as informative.

amcloughlin's review against another edition

4.0

A great primer to disability studies and disability activism.

tyler_j's review against another edition

informative

4.25

A wonderful place to begin with disability studies/crip lit! There were a couple instances where I didn't agree with something as a disabled person myself (isn't it wonderful how we aren't a monolith? ^_^) but over-all I loved it! There is so much to love in these pages, but as it says it's just a starting point. A great place to start with. It talks about being queer and disabled, a poc and disabled, physical and mental disabilities. And it has plenty of recommendations for further reading as well.

I related. I learned. I cried. It made me stop and think. I do very much recommend this book! 

subdue_provide75's review against another edition

fast-paced

1.75

dramaqueentears's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

This was a great collection of essays written by disabled authors. My personal favorites were “What Should You Call Me? I Get to Decide: Why I’ll Never Identify with Person-First Language” by Emily Ladau, “Going Off the Communication Beaten Path” by Eva Sweeney, “Beauty in Exile” by Riva Lehrer,  “Reflection Toward Practice: Some Questions on Disability Justice” by Mia Mingus, and “On Radical Empathy and Schizophrenia” by Ben G. 

My only criticism is that this book was VERY white and the writing was very academic. A good majority of the essays read like they were being written for a college course, not for people to read. It also could have benefited from better editing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism