Recs if you like Fight AIDS!: How Activism, Art, and Protest Changed the Course of a Deadly Epidemic and Reshaped a Nation...

as we approach the end of the year, i thought of compiling a collection of short audiobooks for anyone trying to sneak more books onto their read list or for those trying to complete reading challenges! best of luck! 🌟

A collection of mostly Non-Fiction books about disability and why it sucks to be disabled in the system. Note: Not all books are about disability, I put a few on this list because I think they would fit in with the idea of the list pretty well 2nd note: I haven't read all books yet Last note: I explained in a comment why I added some books

Books about sexual & reproductive justice + health. Including abortion, contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, kink, sexuality, STIs, and more. The term reproductive justice is from SisterSong and is inherently an intersectional, political, and affirming framework. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled perspectives highlighted.

History is really just a convenient story if it's the government or a company pushing the narrative. Investigative and alternative perspectives to popular history.

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)

Books about HIV/AIDS. Both contemporary and historical. Emphasis on intersectionality.

"...I recalled the artists who had done their work in gulags, prison cells, hospital beds; who did their work while hounded, exiled, reviled, pilloried. And those who were executed... this is precisely the time when artists go to work." —Toni Morrison

DIY-focused nonfiction about craftivism, protest art, and creative resistance in dark times.

SISTER LISTS: You Should Start a Zine | Radical Craft History | Opting Out of Fast Fashion