A review by pricklybriar
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

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3.0

I felt like this book was very repetitive despite being so short. As a non-religious person, the references to the divine right to rest and Spirit really just didn’t resonate me either. I agree with a lot of what Hersey has to say about capitalism being inherently exploitative and robbing all people, particularly people of colour, of their time and humanity. Most of us definitely need time to rest and reflect to find meaning in our lives, and certainly if we want to have the creativity we need to imagine a better future and fight for it. I think I wish that there had been more exploration of what rest means to people who don’t participate in the workforce (particularly people with disabilities), since they are frequently excluded from these conversations, but nonetheless subject to the effects of grind culture and capitalism.
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