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emmaito's review against another edition
I'm not going to rate this one - I read this and while I felt like I pulled out a lot of pieces that I will sit with and think on, there are some important criticisms/critiques to this work that I think are integral to read (see https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3726551316).
joanna_banana's review against another edition
5.0
This is a short but powerful read. It gave me a lot to think about and I’m looking forward to leading a discussion on it at work (it is our anti-racism book group pick this month). adrienne maree brown sharing her unthinkable thoughts help everyone who reads this process theirs. Hers is a voice that needs to be amplified and understood. I’m tired of cancel culture and people moving towards harm and death. brown is giving us another way and questions and resources to get there. Really gets me energized to do the work!
kmatthe2's review against another edition
4.0
And important manifesto on cancel culture and transformative justice within social movements. It models the type of work it is asking others to do.
themadmadmadeline's review against another edition
5.0
While I have found myself upholding “cancel culture” in the past, this has made me realize the extreme dangers of resorting to this tactic, especially with people one disagrees with on social media. I understand now that this is toxic and unhelpful. An excellent resource in a pocket sized package.
nerdyprettythings's review against another edition
This one is small but mighty. I will be thinking about and referring back to it a lot I think. I picked it as a nonfiction follow-up to Chain-Gang All-Stars, and I think it was good for that. At some points it felt like peering in from the outside for me, but learning a lot. But it’s also more broadly about call outs and who benefits and whether we are getting what we want from a call out (as opposed to a longer process of mediation etc, depending on what kind of harm was done). There are also a lot of references to the state using the visible dissension to tear apart the movement, and though that kind of talk initially sounds paranoid to my ear, it definitely isn’t (see next story), and the reminder felt especially poignant as we head into MLK Day.
A great sum-up quote from the Afterword: “The way forward is to forge abolition with both hands in the dirt, building empathy in the mirror; it’s to remember that innocence is never a prerequisite for human dignity, nor for human rights and freedom; that the words we speak aloud offer a prediction for what will be, and must therefore manifest not our smallest vision for the world, but our biggest.”
A great sum-up quote from the Afterword: “The way forward is to forge abolition with both hands in the dirt, building empathy in the mirror; it’s to remember that innocence is never a prerequisite for human dignity, nor for human rights and freedom; that the words we speak aloud offer a prediction for what will be, and must therefore manifest not our smallest vision for the world, but our biggest.”
justaprilann's review against another edition
4.0
Inspiring little booklet that is leading toward the resources I need to transform myself first. This helped me understand why call-outs/cancel culture was making me queasy and offers alternatives for effective accountability.
dbogen47's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Necessary read for anyone interested in abolition/in leftist organizing spaces