Recs if you like Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum...
Madness Decolonized
books that approach the topic of (in)sanity from a non-Western or decolonial perspective. suggestions (or corrections, if Iโm mistaken about any of the current books) always welcome!
disability pride - grief, mourning, protest & rage
in honor of disability pride month, here is a series on the colours of the flag! the last (but certainly not least) colour on this flag is black, or grey, depending on who you ask. these colours are the most powerful of the bunch, since they represent those in the disability community who have died due to ableism, eugenics, suicide, illness and abuse. books in this list will be fiction and non-fiction. as always, please feel free to comment ur recs!
Intermediate Texts for Prison Abolition
These texts all require some level of prior knowledge and understanding of abolition, how the carceral system functions, organizing, & more.
I also have a list for intro/beginner texts
They didn't teach us that
history you probably didn't learn in school
Black History
Books you SHOULD be reading all year
"This Podcast Will Kill You" Book Club
This podcast might not actually kill you, but it covers so many things that can.
A compilation of the selections found in the special book club episodes of This Podcast Will Kill You, a podcast about disease ecology, history, and medical mysteries! (Hosted by Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke.)
Intro to Prison Abolition
All of the books listed here are introductory texts for Prison Abolition. The books on this list need no prior knowledge and are all great starting points for understanding prison abolition. You will find personal accounts, journalistic and essay books, as well as accessible analyses and histories of policing/incarceration
This list is the why of abolition
Disabled, Deaf, Neurodivergent, Ill Nonfiction
A huge list of nonfiction books encompassing Disabled, Deaf, Neurodivergent, Ill bodyminds.
Similar lists of mine to check out: Disabled, Deaf, Neurodivergent, Ill Poetry AND Disability Sexuality
Morbidly Curious Book Club ๐ค๐
All books selected to read by the Morbidly Curious Book Club. This list will be updated when new reads are announced!
non-fiction books about american politics๐ฆ ๐ฆ
books to read on 4th of july and beyond. politics/history/social issues, let me know if you have any suggestions!
Anti-Brain Rot Challenge
Book list for the Anti-Brain rot challenge with Boundless press
Become radicalized
History repeats, and most of us need an education.
Includes classics on American history & contemporary looks at the many -ismโs that consume us. Some microhistories are also thrown in. See them as case studies.
This list is by no means exhaustive. Feel free to comment other titles!
Non Fiction That's Actually A Great Read
a list of non fiction books about a wide variety of topics that are actually a great reading experience, even if sometimes tough to read because of the subject it covers (in other words, you may get angry, you may be in awe, but you'll definitely learn something)
TPWKY Book Club
Books from This Podcast Will Kill You book club
looking back to move forward
an incomplete list of history that intrigues me - getting historical - learning about the past - random, radical history - critical perspectives - so-called peculiar histories - books related to analyzing history
please comment suggestions, this is a growing exploration :)
