Books are alright, i guess. I mainly read queer, trans, BIPOC, and disabled authors. My favorite genres at the moment are: speculative fiction, romance, middle readers, and world folklore. For nonfiction, i love reading interesting history, disability justice, and evolutionary biology. Among my favorite authors are Octavia E Butler, Yosano Akiko, Zora Neale Hurston, Alyssa Cole, Zitkála-Šá, and Astrid Lindgren.
I am a bit of a fiend for any vegetarian dumplings, but have a deep affection for Polish dumplings as i have lived in some very Polish American places. [Why are there no polka bars in the Northwest? There, i said it.] This is the author of store favorite Polska and they give a wide variety of pierogis from savory to sweet. Recommended. [sweet pea]
Alice is a disability justice activist and editor of the amazing Disability Visibility (which, if you haven't, you should read soonest). This is an innovative memoir pulling together essays, graphics, photos, and conversations into a scrapbook of sorts, which makes it both fun and illuminating. [sweet pea]
Bayard Rustin is one of my heroes, so i have been very excited for this picture book biography! The book focuses on Bayard's work organizing the 1963 March on Washington. This book is an important step to recovering the legacy of this civil rights hero written out of history for being queer. [sweet pea]
When i first saw this book, i literally squeed. These are two of my favorite artists. Based on a beautiful song by Buffy about enduring love, changing seasons, and Native traditions. Julie is one of my favorite illustrators, i love everything they do. Truly a remarkable pairing. [sweet pea]
Three founding members of the Crunk Feminist Collective combine feminist theory with hip-hop culture to give advice to girls: from affirmations to activism, romance to friendship, colorism to code switching. [sweet pea]
Fannie Lou Hamer is a hero of mine. Her work organizing, speaking, singing, and fighting against injustice perpetually inspires me and spurs me to action. This new biography both gives historical details of Hamer's life and times and contextualizes her legacy for use in modern struggles and shows how relevant her work and words still are today. [sweet pea]
This book is perfect for anyone who loves horror films, sorry Jade, slashers. As a real life slasher unfolds around her, Jade knows the signs as she sees it unfold, yet assuming she can't be the final girl as she is native, not virginal, and a horror chick. The book is variously a horror novel, a look at racism and native displacement, and a look at inter-generational trauma. It's truly like nothing I have ever read. [sweet pea]
This important new book explores the relationship between Black and Native struggles for freedom and also redefines indigeneity in early America. Part of the exceptional Revisioning History Series, this book provides historical context for conversations increasingly happening nowadays. [sweet pea]
This book explores disability justice through the performance art activism of Sins Invalid, a San Francisco area based collective. Centering disabled, queer, trans, BIPOC voices, their work gives us an intersectional framework of how we can re-envision a society that includes everyone. [sweet pea]
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