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Guarded Desires by Anna Stone
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder
Minor: Medical content
Miss Meteor by Anna-Marie McLemore, Tehlor Kay Mejia
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Mechanics of Love by Meka James
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, and Medical content
Minor: Pregnancy
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Blood, and Murder
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
couldn’t put it down, knocking down a star for a harry potter reference and the lack of pushback about virginity being tied to morality
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Moderate: Genocide
Minor: War
This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
posting about this on ig soon!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol
How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment by Justin Piche, Rachel Herzing
informative
reflective
4.75
The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia
Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk
challenging
informative
reflective
5.0
sami schalk says at the beginning of the book that this is written for Black people, specifically Black disabled people, and the rest of us are welcome to sit and listen. as she reminds us throughout the book, listening to the people with the most marginalizations and those most oppressed by the state about liberation will help liberate the rest of us.
schalk is a fat queer Black disabled woman weaving together teaching, activism, and scholarship in Black disability politics. schalk examines "how Black people have engaged with disability as a political issue through exploration and analysis of the work of the Black panther party, the national Black women's health project, and 21st century Black disabled cultural workers" and recognizing the work the Black community has done for disability politics while not always calling it disability politics or centering disability. this work has often been left out of disability conversations and its erasure has contributed to much of the activism surrounding disability to be focused on white disabled people. i think this book is a great learning opportunity; not only is the framework of Black disabilty politics an important one, but i also learned a lot about the Black panther party and found particular interest in how the national Black women's health project worked to inform people of and protect people from HIV/AIDS.
some of the things schalk talked about regarding Black disability politics reminded me of what i've learned about harm reduction and addiction from indigenous people and were good reminders for me not to look at people through such a white, western lens (e.g. not relying on medical and legal frameworks, definitions, and diagnoses). if you're looking for a nonfiction book to read for pride, i recommend this book, even though it's not specifically centered on queerness. imani barbarin reads the audiobook, and i'm grateful thatdarnchat
CWs: ableism; HIV/AIDS; racism (general systemic, as well as medical and environmental)
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Racism