Letters To My Weird Sisters On Autism, Feminism and Motherhood

An autistic feminist author looks at women's history, in search of her 'weird sisters'. It seemed to me that many of the moments when my autism had caused problems, or at least marked me out as different, were those moments when I had come up against some unspoken law about how a girl or a woman should be, and failed to meet it. An autism diagnosis in midlife enabled Joanne Limburg to finally make sense of why her emotional expression, social discomfort and presentation had always marked her as an outsider. Eager to discover other women who had been misunderstood in their time, she writes a series of wide-ranging letters to four 'weird sisters' from history, addressing topics including autistic parenting, social isolation, feminism, the movement for disability rights and the appalling punishments that have been meted out over centuries to those deemed to fall short of the norm. This heartfelt, deeply compassionate and wholly original work humanizes women who have so often been dismissed for their differences, and will be celebrated by 'weird sisters' everywhere.

About the author

Joanne Limburg

Summary

An autistic feminist author looks at women's history, in search of her 'weird sisters'.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Limburg, Limburg Joanne
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 07.07.2022
• Subject: Guides > Health > Illnesses, therapies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9781838950071
• ISBN: 978-1-83895-007-1
• Pages: 272
• Dimensions (packing): 13.1 x 19.8 x 2.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 237 g
• Subjects: Feminism, HEALTH & FITNESS / Pregnancy & Childbirth, Virginia Woolf, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, EDUCATION / Special Education / Learning Disabilities, Neurotribes, Leo Kanner, Hans Asperger, HEALTH & FITNESS / Menopause, Women’s health, Gender studies: women, Katharina Kepler, disability theory, autism; feminism; NeuroTribes; Virginia Woolf; Adelheid Bloch; Katharina Kepler; Frau V; Hans Asperger; disability theory; autistic parenting; Leo Kanner, Adelheid Bloch, Frau V, autistic parenting