Recs if you like Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good...
Are You Sure You Know What Anarchy is?
When you think of Anarchy, you may think of chaos, lawlessness, or just a white dude in a ski-mask tossing molotov cocktails. But thatโs not what anarchy is. Thatโs the propaganda. Anarchy is a political philosophy based in the abolition of the state, in horizontal rather than hierarchical power, in mutual aid, and networks of care. When I learned how much I didnโt know about anarchy it blew my mind. Anarchists have been at the core of so much of modern history, and I want to share it with you.
Community Reflections
tending our fire
"self-help" books that situate themselves within both subjective experience and structural analysis - approaching healing and liberation as mutually informing individual and collective work.
Feminist Geography
All things take place across space and time. Bodies as a geography Emotional geographies Cultural geography I fucking love geography
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Non-fiction titles all about love, romance, friendship, connection and relationships
Ungendered Life: Black & Caribbean Feminist Theory
Key texts in Caribbean and Black/feminist thought.
freedom dreaming
books iโve read or want to read on community organizing, liberation and building a better world
Why misandry?
โMen should be grateful that we only want equality, not revenge.โ But maybe we should? We are not angry enough. This is a list of nonfiction books on feminism.
high vibrations & critical conversations
expanding the self-help genre - personal development - holistic health & growth - centering BIPOC self-help authors - reclaiming wellness as radical
please comment suggestions, this is a growing exploration :)
sapph-lit picks !!
book club book picks
Sexuality Studies Primer
A beginner's guide to understanding human sexuality / sexuality studies!
Non-Fiction to Survive the Ameripocalypse
Non-fic on how we got here and how to sustain eachother going forwards. A mix of difficult history, revolutionary and abolitionist works, and optimistic pathworking. Decolonial and anti-imperialist at the core.
so, you wanna read like a therapist?
books that are well known in the therapy & mental health world - often read & recommended by therapists, social workers, and other professionals in the field ๐
Trauma studies
A syllabus
Maggie Rogers Recommendations
Powerful Non-Fiction
These books aren't motivational or self-help but you can learn and enjoy the process without having to "fix" yourself
conjures bookshelf
trying to ensure i know what i own and what i need to read stilll
