Non-fiction by female/non binary/transgender authors deserves some love

Hosted by shi_no_shi

16 participants, 47 books added

You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!

So I am not at all used to reading non-fiction in my leisure time. I decided to maybe change that. Also, something I noticed: A lot of commonly perused non-fiction is by -surely good at their job- cis male authors. Therefore, the author would be a good consideration points.
I hope this challenge will nudge me- and maybe you- in a different direction. In honor of a brilliant musical the number of prompts will be 6.
You know, baby steps.

Note: All types and formats of books allowed: Novel, novella, audiobook etc.

All books added
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

Sabrina Strings

7 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life by Harriet McBryde Johnson

Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life

Harriet McBryde Johnson

272 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Recovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth by Polly Atkin

Recovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth

Polly Atkin

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative slow-paced
Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy Russell

Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto

Legacy Russell

178 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ race technology challenging reflective slow-paced
The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

333 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

286 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer

Feminist, Queer, Crip

Alison Kafer

258 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

Rebecca Wragg Sykes

463 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Capitalism and Disability: Essays by Marta Russell by Marta Russell

Capitalism and Disability: Essays by Marta Russell

Marta Russell

233 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Joe Vallese

298 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays horror lgbtqia+ emotional informative reflective medium-paced