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Love Is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar
challenging
emotional
reflective
5.0
sob...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia
Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, War
White Tears / Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
informative
reflective
5.0
Highly recommend for anyone looking for a book on intersectional feminism and/or want to understand how yt spremacy is upheld - and therefore how it can be dismantled. (And if your takeaway is somehow "this book blames it all on white women then you seriously need to read it again.) Its discussion on how identity politics is used in regards to the US American election is relevant as ever.
I wish I read this book when it was published in 2020. Reading all these ideas and understandings that I've only really touched the surface of in the past year made me realize just how late I am to the whole process of decolonizing my mind by honestly better late than never!
I wish I read this book when it was published in 2020. Reading all these ideas and understandings that I've only really touched the surface of in the past year made me realize just how late I am to the whole process of decolonizing my mind by honestly better late than never!
The Empire Wars by Akana Phenix
Did not finish book. Stopped at 6%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 6%.
Sad that I couldn't get into this and I'm not sure if I will give it a try again :/ the protagonist's voice is a little annoying to read
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker
5.0
BANGER collection. Easily one of the best anthologies i've read
Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas
3.0
A fine ending of the duology. A lot of good ideas but the execution could be better. The pacing is a little all over the place. Maybe it would've helped if this was a trilogy instead? Would love to see some short side stories in the future.
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Somehow this book is simultaneously very much a product of its time (saying these mostly due to some of the languages used) and still relevant today. His observation and analysis of this yt supremacist and capitalist society, how so many people refuse to acknowledge the havoc colonialism and imperialism has wrecked all over the world, the toll surviving it takes on BIPOC, why it all comes down to the land and power, and the necessity of KNOWING we collectively deserve better and wishing for the impossible remain evergreen.
the letter in the beginning is so full of love I almost cried. i picked this book up while feeling genuine despair so that read really helped and I felt more ready to tackle the more challenging second piece. I am missing a lot of historical context but it does not stop me from recognizing how harmful the systems of oppression are & also the same sort of lack of empathy and actions from people living in the heart of the empires.
Mr. Baldwin's got bars.
this is the crime of which I accuse my country and countrymen, and for which neither I nor time nor history will ever forgive them, that they have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives and do not know it and do not want to know it.
Somehow this book is simultaneously very much a product of its time (saying these mostly due to some of the languages used) and still relevant today. His observation and analysis of this yt supremacist and capitalist society, how so many people refuse to acknowledge the havoc colonialism and imperialism has wrecked all over the world, the toll surviving it takes on BIPOC, why it all comes down to the land and power, and the necessity of KNOWING we collectively deserve better and wishing for the impossible remain evergreen.
the letter in the beginning is so full of love I almost cried. i picked this book up while feeling genuine despair so that read really helped and I felt more ready to tackle the more challenging second piece. I am missing a lot of historical context but it does not stop me from recognizing how harmful the systems of oppression are & also the same sort of lack of empathy and actions from people living in the heart of the empires.
the American dream has therefore become something much more closely resembling a nightmare, on the private, domestic, and international levels. Privately, we cannot stand our lives and dare not examine them; domestically, we take no responsibility for (and no pride in) what goes on in our country; and, internationally, for many millions of people, we are an unmitigated disaster.
Mr. Baldwin's got bars.
Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom, Vol. 3 by Iru, 이르
5.0
"Even if we can't be husband and wife, we can still be a family" excuse me while I SOB