Pieces
This is where I will put works that I feel align with my values and should be shared. As well as a bit about why I think they’re great.
I will not be sharing links to damn near any big retail store. How you source stuff is your business, but I wont be sharing those companies here.
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Non-fiction
I don’t want to say this is required reading because I don’t want to trigger the trauma school’s have left y’all with. But this is a great book to understand social interaction politics that I feel have consistently been a wall in most spaces I’ve tried to set roots in. And seeing those ideas and values expressed, and expanded on here has truly made it all seem a little less hopeless.
Tint Journal
Literary Magazine
A resource dedicated to showcasing ESL writers writing in English without “professional” translation. I think this journal does amazing work to combat the long standing oppressive history behind how language is used a tool for supremacy and oppression by holding a supportive space for English writing of all “skill levels”.
Everything for Everyone
by M. E. O’Brien & Eman Abdelhadi
Fiction
A phenomenal book in an interview/oral history format that does a great job of giving a tangible image of what a better world could look like.
I Write What I Like
By Steve Biko
Essay collection
Currently loving this collection of writings, and how it interrogates “liberal” tendencies. It has been both very validating as someone at odds with people in my county and a real tangible perspective to hold on to about the reality of my role in global politics as a USian. Also love looking at revolutionaries out of apartheid South Africa and outside the US in general.
Fearing the Black Body
By Sabrina Strings
Nonfiction
A Phenomenal work showcasing the racist history behind fatphobia,
Cartoonists for Palestine
Anthology of cartoons and comics
https://redgoldsparks.itch.io/cartoonists-for-palestine
A great collection of works. I think that right now, it is especially important to highlight Excerpt of Tracciato Palestina by Elena Mistrello starting on pg 101 which really displays the horrible conditions Palestinians are forced through even before the increased bombardment.
Reclaiming Online Spaces
by Ivan Papiol
Zine
https://ivanpapiol.itch.io/reclaiming-online-spaces-manifesto
A phenomenal look at our relationship with Online spaces.
The Worst Sponser on YouTube
by friendlyJordies
YouTube video
A youtube video on specifically ground news, but does a very good job of touching on the broader conversation of two party politics, or rather, how the idea of party affiliations has created a space where we’re using these two parties to cosplay political understanding. Cause at the end of the day, knowing your political party tells me who you’re probably gonna vote for, but not what you stand for, what you believe in, or what your values are. And it is as problem that those things have been swept out of the main conversation.
The Carnival
by Michael Fedo
https://archive.org/details/the-carnival-pdf
I have not been able to stop thinking about this short story since the anti-masking “Back to Normal” propaganda took over. Especially since the leak of the White House memo that said Biden should convince people covid was over so he can poll better.
Small Prophecies
by Ismatu Gwendolyn
A phenomenal, phenomenal work looking at the realities of how governments not addressing public health and the people allowing it to go ignored are keys to imperial oppression. It does a great job of looking at the devastating impacts Ebola and Covid have had on communities and how the cognitive dissonance between what we say we value and how we actually show up is slowly killing us mentally, physically, and spiritually. I truly cannot do this book justice with this description. Please, please read it.
A series of videos on the basics of Fat Liberation by Okay2BeFat
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzCJI_hV11iFYHnjOPGyVwXaFEo2eEc9S
This is a great introduction into the lies, manipulations, and greed that have developed the medical backing of fatphobia.
Ritual
by Malidoma Patrice Some
A great look at cultural differences between the west and a traditional African tribe, especially with regards to grief.
Is ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ A New Form of Copaganda? with Renee Johnston &
Samantha Youssef
by Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
A great video showing the nefarious and manipulative tactics used in documentaries.