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After Hours, Vol. 3 by Yuhta Nishio
3.0
kind of a disappointing ending (sudden drama that felt a bit contrived) but my lil vinyl collector brain did have fun recognizing album covers + loves owning a yuri that references buying music off Discogs
Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery by Annie Liontas
3.0
was really into this then fell off HARD about halfway through. i think the writing style + tone wore on me by the end. a lot of the struggles she describes felt very real for me and my longtime disabled + chronically ill body. i really appreciated the info on the history of brain injuries. there's a lot of good nuggets in here but it could feel a bit unorganized at times which i think added to my fatigue as the book wore on.
i also disliked one part where she says "disabled" people are taken more seriously than "chronically ill" people (her claim more fitting along the lines of "visibly disabled ppl aka ppl who use mobility aids or are otherwise visibly disabled" vs "invisibly disabled ppl") and it's just a really tired thing i'm sick of other disabled/chronically ill ppl throwing out there. visibly disabled ppl get shit in public just as much if not more and it's rlly obvious how ignorant ppl are when they try to say differently. different ppl have different requirements but we're all living in an ableist society that would prefer us dead so no, visibly disabled ppl are not getting some extra special treatment where their every symptom is taken super seriously. in fact, we are even more likely to be plastered all over social media to be mocked (doubly so if said disabled person is fat) or have our symptoms constantly questioned. i understand it sucks to feel like you're not taken seriously b/c ur symptoms are "invisible" but throwing visibly disabled ppl under the bus to make ur point helps nobody. this was literally like one line in the memoir but it really stuck in my craw just b/c it's something i've seen said so often and i'm tired of it.
i also disliked one part where she says "disabled" people are taken more seriously than "chronically ill" people (her claim more fitting along the lines of "visibly disabled ppl aka ppl who use mobility aids or are otherwise visibly disabled" vs "invisibly disabled ppl") and it's just a really tired thing i'm sick of other disabled/chronically ill ppl throwing out there. visibly disabled ppl get shit in public just as much if not more and it's rlly obvious how ignorant ppl are when they try to say differently. different ppl have different requirements but we're all living in an ableist society that would prefer us dead so no, visibly disabled ppl are not getting some extra special treatment where their every symptom is taken super seriously. in fact, we are even more likely to be plastered all over social media to be mocked (doubly so if said disabled person is fat) or have our symptoms constantly questioned. i understand it sucks to feel like you're not taken seriously b/c ur symptoms are "invisible" but throwing visibly disabled ppl under the bus to make ur point helps nobody. this was literally like one line in the memoir but it really stuck in my craw just b/c it's something i've seen said so often and i'm tired of it.
No Longer Human by Junji Ito
2.0
misogynistic dreck. a character study of a truly pathetic man that uses and abuses everyone around him. the only saving grace is ito's stunning artwork, which feels especially refined in this manga.