pickA Syrian refugee with cerebral palsy who describes life before their civil war and life as a refugee making her way to Germany.
A harrowing tale for sure, although some of it seemed a little surface level or maybe like it was written for young readers.
#ReadtheWorld #Syria
pickI had meant to read this for Disability Pride month but didn't quite get it completed in time, but that is okay! We should be reading disability rep books all year round. This book is not for anyone prudish. Our MC Elliott and his long time boyfriend are struggling, or so Elliott thinks, and so they start experimenting E starts it by secretly seeing a sex worker and then things start to spiral. I really enjoyed this. The descriptions of E's 👇
Getting the weekend started! Weddings and brunches and lots of friends this weekend.
I would do First Line Friday but this book's first line is super racy!
so-soI wish this was more impactful for me. I listened to the audio, and they spoke too quickly and used language specific to the movement that I was not familiar with; I zoned out a few times because I couldn't follow what they were talking about. They talked about their person struggle, but there wasn't a lot of personal information, at least in the beginning; certainly their right, but it made the discussion about their struggles more abstract.
pickI appreciated the author's emphasis in this book on the lives of people in the marginalized QTBIPOC disabled community. So often, they are overlooked.
As a disabled person, I found the book to be hopeful, helpful, and enlightening. I am often not aware of my own ableism or need for community of others like me. I feel like I learned a lot.
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Read some books from my Auible Shelf, Physical Shelf and Kindle Shelf 🖤🖤
#JulyReCap
#OffTheShelf2025
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We need a Care revolution
Adaptive devices
Accessible spaces
Library of things
Virtual events
The pandemic never ended 😷
Crip pleasure - joy is resistance. Existence is resistance
Crip doula
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Disability justice
Care work
People tell you to “Feel better soon”
Grief - I'm dealing with so much of this, for dreams and life I thought I would have
Mutual aid
Do what you can. What you're able ❤️
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I really resonated with this book as a fat femme with multiple chronic illnesses. One of which I'm still trying to get a diagnosis for even though I've been dealing with it my whole life. I'm newer to the disabled community so this book was a great learning tool for myself. One of my goals is to find and build disabled support for myself both online and local.
What did y'all think of the book? Anything that stood out?
Today is the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The current administration is minimize resources, funding, & supports to the disability community. The disability community is tired but will keep fighting as they always have for their rights. The disability community won‘t go silently. Disability rights are human rights. Disability rights are civil rights.
