Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). For the longest time, I have felt disappointed at the lack of writing that directly addresses autism and feminism in an in depth way, despite it so desperately being needed but this book filled that void for me and did an incredible job at it. My one complaint about this phenomenal book is that while it deals exclusively with the intersection of gender and neurodivergence, Limburg at no point acknowledges that many non-binary people, especially those who were assigned female, as well as trans men, will be able to identify strongly with the experiences being ascribed to women here, despite not being women themselves. through letters to women considered 'weird' (limburg arguing who may in fact have autistic traits making them considered 'weird') she explores her own autistic experience and experience of womanhood, and the intersection of ableism and sexism, and therefore disability rights and feminism, throughout history.

Jeg tror det er sundt for mange os at høre om handicappede mennesker som vi måske ikke selv identificerer og jeg tror at dette er en god måde at starte. Any girl or woman who suspects herself to be anything other than perfectly pretty, nice and odourless inside and out risks not being a girl or a woman at all. The authors experience of her feelings of fear, and guilt that she went through during pregnancy and after birth was really vulnerable.Det faktum er at det breve gør at der bliver skrevet til dem i stedet for om dem, hvilket er forfriskende.

Diagnosed with autism in midlife, Joanne Limburg finally felt she could make sense of what marked her as an outsider. Når disse fortælling og refleksioner kobles sammen med feminisme og handicapaktivsme, så sker der magi. A truly insightful book, I felt seen in many pages and encouraged to self reflect - but with kindness rather than cruelty as we are so often taught.Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. I am not autistic and harbour no suspicions that I may be, but I do not sit entirely comfortably within society’s notions of womanhood. The themes in this book are of interest to me, particularly the exploration of Limburg’s own experience with autism, as, like so many other things in life, we are still only beginning to understand from the perspective of female presentation. Within the first few pages, this book identified and articulated feelings and experiences I had not yet been able to name, process, or articulate myself.

Det er 4 kvinder som forfatteren identificerer som “werid sisters” som blev udstød pga der unormale opførsel. This heartfelt, deeply compassionate and wholly original work humanises women who have so often been dismissed for their differences, and will be celebrated by 'weird sisters' everywhere.I hope that in future editions of this book, the author can at least make a note acknowledging that she’s really mostly talking about people who were assigned female. I liked how I was able to learn more about women I know of, such as Virginia Woolf and women who I haven’t and how society treated them. autistic = perseverating on details others discard, as in a poem: the tension between the poetic line and its grammar'. The book touches upon eugenics, psychodynamics, nazism, mum-shaming, being weird and different, social isolation, and of course, not dressing well. Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here.