nafu's reviews
13 reviews

Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage by Kenyon Farrow, Kate Raphael, Eric A. Stanley, Martha Jane Kaufman, Kate Bornstein, Deeg, Katie Miles, Ryan Conrad, Craig Willse, John D'Emilio, Yasmin Nair, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Dean Spade

funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Learning to Die: Wisdom in the Age of Climate Crisis by Jan Zwicky, Robert Bringhurst

medium-paced

1.0

by white people for white people. the anthropocene is not the issue, the capitalocene is.

Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color by Lorgia García Peña

5.0

Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul by Evette Dionne

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

lots to learn here! 

critiques: 1. author is uncritical about psychiatry, wrongly understanding "mental illnesses" as biologically based. 2. author is uncritical about her privilege through wealth.

Rehearsals for Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

i think i needed to know apg better to trust her more easily, but i'm going to try to learn her more now

Nothing Good Happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday by Jamaluddin Aram

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A History of Burning by Janika Oza

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

to read to the children in my life