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Our City: Migrants and the Making of Modern Birmingham by Jon Bloomfield

Our City: Migrants and the Making of Modern Birmingham

Jon Bloomfield

277 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0kate_thirtysomethingsi...'s review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls #1

Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo

212 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0kate_thirtysomethingsi...'s review
nonfiction biography childrens feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins

Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment

Patricia Hill Collins

336 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0kate_thirtysomethingsi...'s review
nonfiction feminism race sociology informative reflective slow-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kate_thirtysomethingsi...'s review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
Preparing My Daughter For Rain by Key Ballah

Preparing My Daughter For Rain

Key Ballah

106 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kate_thirtysomethingsi...'s review
nonfiction feminism poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose

Alice Walker

416 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0kate_thirtysomethingsi...'s review
nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

Roxane Gay

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0kate_thirtysomethingsi...'s review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Queer Africa: Selected stories by Karen Martin, Alistair Mackay, Makhosazana Xaba

Queer Africa: Selected stories

Karen Martin, Alistair Mackay, Makhosazana Xaba

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0kate_thirtysomethingsi...'s review
fiction lgbtqia+ short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Glory Edim

252 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0kate_thirtysomethingsi...'s review
nonfiction essays feminism race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0kate_thirtysomethingsi...'s review
nonfiction history race sociology emotional informative reflective slow-paced