pickI very much loved some of the short stories in this collection, and others were just alright. So fun to find a collection of ace stories! #LGBTQIA #ShortStories #TransRightsReadathon
pick“Ableism robs us of our ability to see disabled possibilities, even ones that might be relatively small.” The book is an honest & brutal collection of essays about what it is like, particularly in the US, to live a disabled life. The disability community has to constantly fight to have equal access to services, rights. The book highlights the struggles that the disability community dealt with during the pandemic. Ableism continues to be pervasive
Storytelling itself is an activity, not an object. Stories are the closest we can come to shared experience. ... Like all stories, they are most fundamentally a chance to ride around inside another head and be reminded that being who we are and where we are, and doing what we're doing, is not the only possibility.
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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#riseupreads
Read some books from my Auible Shelf, Physical Shelf and Kindle Shelf 🖤🖤
#JulyReCap
#OffTheShelf2025
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