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Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me by Glory Edim
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
"Reading is a practice that saves my life every day."
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble
5.0
"My hope is that the public will reclaim its institutions and direct our resources in service of a multiracial democracy. Now, more than ever, we need libraries, universities, schools, and information resources that will help bolster and further expand democracy for all, rather than shrink the landscape of participation along racial, religious, and gendered lines."
"In short, we must fight to suspend the circulation of racist and sexist material that is used to erode our civil and human rights."
"In short, we must fight to suspend the circulation of racist and sexist material that is used to erode our civil and human rights."
Whose Story Is This?: Old Conflicts, New Chapters by Rebecca Solnit
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
5.0
"This country has room for everybody who believes that there's room for everybody. For those who don't- well, that's why there's a battle about whose story it is to tell."
"His (Trump's) followers have had their minds weaponized by decades of Fox News and right-wing pundits promoting conspiracies and denying crucial phenomena, including the important role of immigrants play in our economy and the urgent reality of human-caused climate change. The country is now in a sort of civil war, and part of what is at stake are truth and facts in the form of documented history, scientific fact, political accountability, and adherence to the law, as well as the methodologies by which facts will be determined and presumption that facts matter."
"(Kanye) West is not white, but he does ace unconscious bias with his widely shared male idea that a president or presidential candidate should have the same general effect as Viagra, and he does remind me that the 2016 election sometimes seemed to be an erectile referendum."
"Lately, there's a huge new lie making the rounds- that women and doctors are conspiring to kill babes at birth and calling it abortion. This is a lie that encourages conservatives to regard pregnant women and medical caregivers are ruthless killers who should be hemmed in with yet more laws targeting them. While a lot of older abortion lies were distortions and exaggerations, this one is a complete and dangerous fabrication."
"Reproductive rights activists have been noting for decades that it would be easier to believe that anti-choice politicians cared about babies if they supported prenatal health, maternal healthcare, early childhood development and education and other resources that support he wellbeing of mothers and children." - but they don't care about kids.
"Reproductive Rights are what make women in their fertile years able to participate fully in public and economic life, to have the same bodily sovereignty men take for granted, to be free and equal. I believe the hatred of abortion is often because it gives women an autonomy and freedom equivalent to that of men, and the hatred is often expressed by people who show no interest in the health of infants or wellbeing of children. Or women"
"Male anger is a public safety issue, as well as a force in the ugliest politics and social movements of our time, from the epidemic of domestic violence to mass shootings, and from neo-Nazis to incels."
"His (Trump's) followers have had their minds weaponized by decades of Fox News and right-wing pundits promoting conspiracies and denying crucial phenomena, including the important role of immigrants play in our economy and the urgent reality of human-caused climate change. The country is now in a sort of civil war, and part of what is at stake are truth and facts in the form of documented history, scientific fact, political accountability, and adherence to the law, as well as the methodologies by which facts will be determined and presumption that facts matter."
"(Kanye) West is not white, but he does ace unconscious bias with his widely shared male idea that a president or presidential candidate should have the same general effect as Viagra, and he does remind me that the 2016 election sometimes seemed to be an erectile referendum."
"Lately, there's a huge new lie making the rounds- that women and doctors are conspiring to kill babes at birth and calling it abortion. This is a lie that encourages conservatives to regard pregnant women and medical caregivers are ruthless killers who should be hemmed in with yet more laws targeting them. While a lot of older abortion lies were distortions and exaggerations, this one is a complete and dangerous fabrication."
"Reproductive rights activists have been noting for decades that it would be easier to believe that anti-choice politicians cared about babies if they supported prenatal health, maternal healthcare, early childhood development and education and other resources that support he wellbeing of mothers and children." - but they don't care about kids.
"Reproductive Rights are what make women in their fertile years able to participate fully in public and economic life, to have the same bodily sovereignty men take for granted, to be free and equal. I believe the hatred of abortion is often because it gives women an autonomy and freedom equivalent to that of men, and the hatred is often expressed by people who show no interest in the health of infants or wellbeing of children. Or women"
"Male anger is a public safety issue, as well as a force in the ugliest politics and social movements of our time, from the epidemic of domestic violence to mass shootings, and from neo-Nazis to incels."
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
“But this belief, this absolute conviction that this evil they were doing was good, was God’s work—how, she wondered, how could such a dark conviction ever be overcome?”
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Jason Stanley
5.0
I want to be reading smut and romance, but this shitty conservative government has me out here reading about fascism. I refuse to ignore what's happening in our country.
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative by Austin Kleon
4.0
"Always be reading. Go to the library. There's magic in being surrounded by books."