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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

such a great selection of lorde’s essays and interviews. incredible intention and contemplation

The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence by The Care Collective

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

Overall the book's content was very good at accomplishing its goal of laying out their vision for a care centered world. It's reluctance to really acknowledge and comprehend its relationship to Marxism (or other socialist/communist tendencies) was a bit off putting. felt a bit imperialist in certain parts with its western dominant focus and references.

Futures of Black Radicalism by Gaye Theresa Johnson, Alex Lubin

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

really such an incredible anthology covering Black radicalism and the legacy of Cedric Robinson from a variety of angles. i may have made a mistake having not read Robinson's work first, but i will definitely up with it

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Things that Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations by John Cusack, Arundhati Roy

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.0

this book had many thoughtful conversations and reflections that challenged my politics and understanding of history in a fruitful way

The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I can’t express the love that radiates from this book as well as the love that radiates from my heart for Audre Lorde. A truly hard but necessary read. 

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) by Dean Spade

challenging informative fast-paced

4.5

an excellent comprehensive overview of mutual aid, its guiding concepts, and practical guides and suggestion

S/He by Minnie Bruce Pratt

challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

absolutely intoxicating, haunting, and stellar writing by minnie bruce pratt. reading this meant so much to me, as a butch lesbian.  thank you. 

No Death, No Fear by Pritam Singh, Thích Nhất Hạnh

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.0

i listened to the audiobook and overall enjoyed it. however, i do have some complicated feelings about the way in which this philosophy could be utilized to placate revolutionary potential, etc (and thich nhat hahn's politics/relationship to vietnam and the US, which i feel i need to learn more about). for me personally, i did appreciate the overall understanding of manifestation and continuous "existence/presence," especially with a grandmother nearing the end of her life.

Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism by Trinh T. Minh-ha

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0