ceilingghostreads's reviews
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This is one of my favorites books to have read. It's a series of essays discussing the intersections of disability and the experiences of many different people. It also speaks about the beauty, hope, and love that is the disabled community.
Although every essay is important and incredible, some of my personal favourite essays were: The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison, How to Make a Paper Crane From Rage, Six Ways of Looking at Crip Time, and the Beauty of Spaces Created by and for Disabled People.
That being said the list is so long and I had to cut out many to make this readable.
Most chapters have content warnings before you begin them so you know what you can or can't handle!
This book is the heart and soul of Disability Justice.
Whether Disabled or not everyone should read this. I really wish this book were longer but this was an incredible experience and I know I'll truly return to this book again and again.

This book has many racist elements (like all of her books) and as much as I personally loved it I can't in good conscious recommend it without a heavy disclaimer.

I would have given this 5 stars when I was younger I'm sure of it

This is a must read for all Americans

I loved this book, the plot was really interesting. I had trouble paying attention to the first half but the second half grabbed my attention and I couldn't stop reading. I'm so glad that I got around to reading this.

Essays on people's experiences being nonbinary and how that impacts their other identities and experiences and vice versa.
This book made me feel seen in ways I didn't even realize existed. Seeing so many people call themselves genderqueer after being the only person I knew with that identity was something I didn't realize I had needed.
It talks about how disability impacts gender, how being fat impacted their gender positively, how being apart of other cultures impacted how they could explore and express themselves and its really opens your eyes to the diversity of nonbinary. There's often a narrative of nonbinary being confused, thin, white, able-bodied, AFAB people that this book goes directly against and it's really impactful and needed

An incredible examination of fairy tales and fantasy through the lens of disability theory and feminism. A great read even for those who do not know much about disability theory going in and want to learn more about it. 

This was a really fun read and I'm so glad I picked it up!