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Intersectional environmentalism argues that the same systems of oppression that oppress people also oppress and degrade the planet.

The Intersectional Environmentalist by Leah Thomas

March 2, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

There is a person in my life with whom I share many values, but he consistently dismisses race and gender as things about which he ought to be concerned.  Because he doesn’t consider himself to hold racist beliefs, he doesn’t understand why we’ve all been talking about race when we really ought to be focused on climate change. Since I am a known radical, he has largely dismissed my insistence that climate change can’t be solved without also dismantling patriarchy and white supremacy. While my […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, ecofeminism, environmental justice, environmentalism, feminism, Leah Thomas, NetGalley, The Intersectional Environmentalist

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:29 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, ecofeminism, environmental justice, environmentalism, feminism, Leah Thomas, NetGalley, The Intersectional Environmentalist ·
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If you ever wanted to hear LeVar Burton say the phrase “sweet and salty love”, then this is the collection for YOU!

The Visit by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Black Pages by Nnedi Okorafor

2043...A Merman I Should Turn to Be by Nisi Shawl

These Alien Skies by C.T. Rwizi

Clap Back by Nalo Hopkinson

We Travel the Spaceways by Victor LaValle

March 2, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

You can hear LeVar say lots of other things, if you like! You can also hear Nyambi Nyambi, Naomi Ackie, Indya Moore, Adenrele Ojo, and Brian Tyree Henry! The six-entry Black Stars collection is another new(ish) group of short stories available from Amazon Originals. They are available on both kindle and through audible, and if you are interested in diving into this collection then I highly recommend taking the audio route! Every story is enhanced by the audio performances, and I am sure that I rated […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Adenrele Ojo, african diaspora, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, andtheIToldYouSos, Black Stars, Black Stars collection, black voices, Brian Tyree Henry, C.T. Rwizi, canadian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, djinn, feminism, Indya Moore, Islam, LeVar Burton, lgtbqia, Nalo Hopkinson, Naomi Ackie, nisi shawl, Nnedi Okorafor, Nyambi Nyambi, religious extremism, technology, timbuktu, tradition, Victor LaValle

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Adenrele Ojo, african diaspora, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, andtheIToldYouSos, Black Stars, Black Stars collection, black voices, Brian Tyree Henry, C.T. Rwizi, canadian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, djinn, feminism, Indya Moore, Islam, LeVar Burton, lgtbqia, Nalo Hopkinson, Naomi Ackie, nisi shawl, Nnedi Okorafor, Nyambi Nyambi, religious extremism, technology, timbuktu, tradition, Victor LaValle ·
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“Profanity is an essential tool in disrupting patriarchy and its rules. It is the verbal equivalent of civil disobedience.”

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy

March 1, 2022 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

Happy Women’s History Month in the US. Let’s talk about feminism and burning patriarchy to the ground, shall we? When I read ASKReview’s review of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls in December 2021 I immediately threw it onto my to read list for 2022. A book described succinctly as “a call to action written by a queer woman of color” was absolutely something I want to read. There is much in the world that is fucking awful and the roots of that […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: dismantling the patriarchy, faintingviolet, feminism, incandescent rage, Intersectionality, Mona Eltahawy, read harder challenge, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:23 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: dismantling the patriarchy, faintingviolet, feminism, incandescent rage, Intersectionality, Mona Eltahawy, read harder challenge, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls, we need diverse books ·
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“There are two people inside me and they are at war with each other.”

Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Brian FitzGibbon (Translator)

February 7, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

This is a book that you have to give yourself over to, you have to meet it where it is and accept its way of imparting the story, of whether there is a story at all, and how the author has built her main character, and how that main character chooses to share her world with you. Once you’ve done that the book embraces you like waves coming onshore. But is it the cold waters of the North Atlantic or something warmer? I have my […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Brian FitzGibbon (Translator), feminism, historical fiction, Miss Iceland, prize winner, queer history, read harder challenge, works in translation

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Brian FitzGibbon (Translator), feminism, historical fiction, Miss Iceland, prize winner, queer history, read harder challenge, works in translation ·
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Up in the Air

Fly Girl by Ann Hood

The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet by Nell McShane Wulfhart

February 5, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

I got approved for two books about flight attendants one right after another on NetGalley – so all of you must cope with a themed double post from me. Fly Girl – 3.5 stars Ann Hood became a flight attendant at TWA in 1978 and worked there for many years. In this book, she recounts the places she saw and the people she met, and how the shifting culture of air travel at the time affected her and her job. I do like to travel, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, #memoir, airplane, Ann Hood, ARC, feminism, labor unions, Nell McShane Wulfhart, NetGalley, popsugar, travel, work

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:29 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, #memoir, airplane, Ann Hood, ARC, feminism, labor unions, Nell McShane Wulfhart, NetGalley, popsugar, travel, work ·
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Book Cover, The Mercies

Finding Beauty in the Bleakness

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

January 31, 2022 by anana 3 Comments

This book was loaned to me by a friend about six months ago, and it’s been sitting on my bookshelf taunting me while I worked through a stack of library books before their due dates caught up to me. I had no idea what the book was even about or why my friend thought I would like it, but every time I came close to forgetting about it altogether the vivid  red cover art would grab my attention and I’d move it further up my […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: feminism, Fiction, historical fiction, Kiran Millwood Hargrave

anana's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: feminism, Fiction, historical fiction, Kiran Millwood Hargrave ·
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