I had intended to send this out yesterday but I refused to add to the email overwhelm. My own inbox received over fifty SALE emails from businesses and, no. I unsubscribed from each one out of spite. I’m tired of buying and selling and being sold to and capitalism and…
…it can all burn.
But since folks who have resources are going to spend, I wanted add ways you can spend consciously. (Or you can give directly to a person in need, that’s a top tier way to share the resources.) Here are five books currently on my nightstand that are helping me to not completely lose my shit over our current reality.
Please order them from BookShop.org for physical books or libro.fm for audio books. Both support any independent bookstore of your choice.
The links below support my personal favorite, Harriet’s Bookshop in Philadelphia.
Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond
Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe
All About Love by bell hooks
The Pain We Carry by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT
Decolonizing Therapy by Dr. Jennifer Mullan
Every part of how our society functions was made up. We can make it up better.
Liberation to all who are oppressed.
Support Black independent bookstores!