Recs if you like And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic...

microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"

If you're looking to read something that will radicalize you...this is the list for you. Signed, your fave community organizer

an HIV/AIDs reading list

despite collective abandonment and effective propaganda, the pandemic is ongoing. COVID continues to kill and maim people as it spreads unmitigated worldwide. these are books crucial to the study of the public health realities we’re up against as eugenics and fascism escalate - from disability justice to science communication to social movement histories.

Nonfiction about macabre and taboo subjects

history / theory books i have on my tbr!!

nonfiction about diseases, epidemics, pandemics, outbreaks & more

focusing on horror & thriller nonfiction that will make you shudder as you read 👁️‍🗨️

The 80s were loud, complicated, joyful, heartbreaking, and transformative. These books capture the decade from every angle.

A collection concerning medical history, development, education, instances of corruption, etc. Topics of epidemiology and pharmaceuticals included.

Books that focus on the AIDS epidemic (mostly US, mostly the 80s-90s - though not exclusively). This includes history, sociology, cultural criticism of the time, and even fiction. This is such an important era to understand modern politics - especially queer politics and the LGBTQ+ community

I thought it would be nice to have all of them in one long list.

A diverse, essential guide to understanding HIV/AIDS through history, activism, and personal storytelling. Read, reflect, and share these revealing perspectives.

Public health: scientific, political, social, cultural, economic…

niche nonfiction deep dives

disability and public health in the age of covid

millions of people are navigating chronic illness after the onset of covid19 pandemic and encountering barriers to treatment, work, and social access. this will look into the history of epidemiology, pandemics, eugenics, and what we can do to alter the course of abandoning public health.