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sophia_sol) wrote2022-04-15 10:51 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2022-04-15 10:51 pm
Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism, by Elsa Sjunneson
Yes I continue to make my way through books on the various hugo lists for the year without pause! This one's a nonfiction book exploring the realities of ableism through the author's experiences as a Deafblind woman. It's a little bit memoirish, but does not come anywhere near telling her full life story, and it's organized by theme rather than chronologically.
It's written largely to a non-disabled audience, is my general impression of it, to provide a thorough grounding in just what it's like to exist in society when your body is not what that society wants or expects. Sjunnesun does a great job of this, I think, and she writes clearly and with passion. I read the whole book in one sitting. Probably a bad idea, especially after melting my brain with the Debarkle over the last few days, because now I don't have enough brain left to say smart things about this book, but: it's good!
It's written largely to a non-disabled audience, is my general impression of it, to provide a thorough grounding in just what it's like to exist in society when your body is not what that society wants or expects. Sjunnesun does a great job of this, I think, and she writes clearly and with passion. I read the whole book in one sitting. Probably a bad idea, especially after melting my brain with the Debarkle over the last few days, because now I don't have enough brain left to say smart things about this book, but: it's good!
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