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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 bookâto 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
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inspiring
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Moderate: Death
Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault
culpeppper's review
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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.
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
sophafie's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
mitchell_1's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Hate crime, Suicide, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, and Racism