Recs if you like How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom...

Disability Justice | critical disability studies | Mad studies | crip doulaship | chronic illness & spoon theory | centering BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA+ disabled writers | stories highlighting medical racism, ableism, sanism, audism, disablement | M.M.I.N.D stories

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If you're looking to read something that will radicalize you...this is the list for you. Signed, your fave community organizer

pink, sophisticated & sometimes fatale <3 curating the personality of my aspirations (added some essential nonfic & poetry!)

A collection of mostly Non-Fiction books about disability and why it sucks to be disabled in the system. Note: Not all books are about disability, I put a few on this list because I think they would fit in with the idea of the list pretty well 2nd note: I haven't read all books yet Last note: I explained in a comment why I added some books

the coquette femme aesthetic is of the utmost importance

Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉

Let’s say this is me collecting spoons, aka: a list of memoirs by fellow chronically ill spoonies. May the selection give you empathy or make you feel seen ❤️

books written by disabled authors

despite collective abandonment and effective propaganda, the pandemic is ongoing. COVID continues to kill and maim people as it spreads unmitigated worldwide. these are books crucial to the study of the public health realities we’re up against as eugenics and fascism escalate - from disability justice to science communication to social movement histories.

Non-fiction books about disability by disabled authors

Books on my TBR with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.

A collection of books by a range of disabled authors exploring what it means to navigate a world that isn’t built with accessibility in mind. Personal stories with sharp insight, these works challenge what we think we know about disability, chronic illness, mental health, neurodiversity, the myth of recovery, and what it means to belong.

List is a work in progress!

These books try to get to the root of what pain is and where it comes from and how humans have tried to treat it. From chronic illness, disability to medication. Nonfiction regarding health, women's health, mental health, painkillers, opium, the body and autoimmune diseases. This list is NOT about finding healing (since that is a very individual journey) but how to be seen and understood and how to find the words to describe pain and sickness.

books by and about disabled folks

Centering own voices, but inclusive of disability theory

A syllabus

It's towards the end of disability pride month, so I thought I would recommend some of the nonfiction books that I've either used for my studies or would handsell as a bookseller. If you have any other suggestions, let me know!