Recs if you like Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts...

ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind

Looking for fiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite Novel*.

Nonfiction on critical theory + political history of art & craft.

SISTER LISTS: When Artists Go to Work | You Should Start a Zine | Opting Out of Fast Fashion

(In progress)

A more tightly-curated spinoff of The Big Bad Luddite List. If you like the original list but are (understandably) overwhelmed, these are my faves so far! I will keep adding titles I personally feel are worth recommending as I continue reading my way through the original list. Check the comments for potential caveats or additional contextual information about certain titles.

SISTER LISTS: The Big Bad Luddite List | The Big Bad Luddite Novel*

Fiction and nonfiction books about or inspired by medieval Europe.