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I requested and received this book from NetGalley. My opinions are my own.
This book is so important, I'm so glad I had the opportunity to read it. Especially right now. This is the first book I've ever read that focused on sex and disability, specifically queer sex and disability. I've read so many essays, memoirs, and poetry collections about queerness and/or disability but rarely both and never this open.
I wish I had this book in my early twenties for the deep dive on ableism and the disabled sex ed. Ableism is painful I know from experience. Books like this one would have helped me recognize ableism for what it was.
My favorite parts of this book were "My dream club What I wish accessibility in queer spaces actually looked like" and "The Importance of Representation". I'm a creative person and they got my creative juices flowing. I believe this book is a great resource for both sex educators and creative people. I think a lot of creative writers are afraid to write disabled characters. Especially in Romance, Romantasy, and Erotica. And I believe this book is a great doorway to overcoming that fear and internalized ableism.
Overall I loved this book. I really needed it right now. Everyone will experience disability at some point in their life and everyone deserves to feel hot and desirable. Both should be able to happen at the same time. I've got a lot of thoughts rolling around in my head about this book. I hope it inspires more disabled people to talk about the intersections of disability, queerness, and sex.
This book is so important, I'm so glad I had the opportunity to read it. Especially right now. This is the first book I've ever read that focused on sex and disability, specifically queer sex and disability. I've read so many essays, memoirs, and poetry collections about queerness and/or disability but rarely both and never this open.
I wish I had this book in my early twenties for the deep dive on ableism and the disabled sex ed. Ableism is painful I know from experience. Books like this one would have helped me recognize ableism for what it was.
My favorite parts of this book were "My dream club What I wish accessibility in queer spaces actually looked like" and "The Importance of Representation". I'm a creative person and they got my creative juices flowing. I believe this book is a great resource for both sex educators and creative people. I think a lot of creative writers are afraid to write disabled characters. Especially in Romance, Romantasy, and Erotica. And I believe this book is a great doorway to overcoming that fear and internalized ableism.
Overall I loved this book. I really needed it right now. Everyone will experience disability at some point in their life and everyone deserves to feel hot and desirable. Both should be able to happen at the same time. I've got a lot of thoughts rolling around in my head about this book. I hope it inspires more disabled people to talk about the intersections of disability, queerness, and sex.