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This escalated promotion of racist propaganda was accompanied by a similarly acclerated promotion of ideas implying female inferiority. If people of color-at home and abroad-were portrayed as incompetent barbarians, women-white women, that is—were more rigorously depicted as mother-figures, whose fundamental raison d'être was the nurturing of the male of the species.

My #HyggeHourReadathon has developed into an all afternoon, not moving from this spot. This is most definitely a 'calm and boring day'. 😊📚☕️🐈
I'm spending the day alternating between reading the tagged book and listening to #NaturaLitsy January read, What the Wild Seas Can Be. 🌊 🎧

For the actual hour, I'll be planning February's reads and journaling.

All welcome to join us.

@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

My nonfiction choice for NOW, also — it was published in the year I was the age 16. For the #ReadICT challenge. (I had no idea of the interesting resume of this author; yes - my feminist education is ongoing.)

So, I spent an amazing amount of minutes scrolling through my gr TBR to get to the page of what books were pub‘d in the year/s I was 16 (ahem) and LO & BEHOLD Davis‘ important work (my assumption but I don‘t think I am wrong) was published in 1981. And my library has a copy. BRING IT. (I was considering Irving‘s Hotel New Hampshire and/or Judy Blume‘s Tiger Eyes) #ReadICT (category: year age 16)

FYI there are 13 books on my tbr pub‘d 1981

Covering similar territory as other works by Audre Lorde and bell hooks, this is still important reading. It feels both dated (pub 1981, so it and I are the same vintage 😆) and absolutely current. We are still fighting the same battles. Recommended reading for all feminists and POC allies. I need to find more of Davis‘ work.

A deeply insightful book which should be required reading for everyone. I definitely learned a lot of things I didn‘t know and the writing was very easy to follow for anyone. Highly recommended

It is a shame how much of this book was a surprise to me because of the absolute tragedy of the American public education system.

I loved this book so much. It opened my eyes to the true accomplishments and intents of historical figures I had heard of before. Davis tells the story of various movements beautifully.

YES YES YES THIS BOOK. Everyone should be reading this. So informative and well-written. A must-read for an understanding of the women‘s movement and how far we still need to go as feminists.

Any person claiming to be a feminist, socialist, or anti-racist needs to read this book! I learned so much from Ms. Davis and I am excited to read more of her work.

1. I'm attempting a 30 books of June reading challenge with a focus on Black authors and anti-racism.

2. Lately it's water or a can of sparkling white or rose wine from Aldi-- they're delicious!

#twofortuesday
@TheSpineView

#Radical. #QuotsySept19 @TK-421

a little embarrassed but also proud to say this is the second book i‘ve read start-to-finish in 2019! “women, race and class” should be required reading for all to understand how racism & sexism are components of capitalist exploitation, and to learn the historic role(s) black women have played in US history and the women‘s liberation movement. angela davis is a beautiful writer & her historical materialist analysis is deeply insightful 🙂✊

Love this display I spotted at the library on Thursday celebrating Black History Month with women writers. I didn‘t get a chance to stop and grab some books - I was with the boys and we were on the way out with two tote bags full of kids books and my shoulders were aching!

This is what I am looking forward to for my weekend: #coffee #books and my bed. I am so drained from giving so much of myself this week- I very much look forward to some alone time with my book and wedding planning with my partner.

#weekendvibes #happyfriday #bookaholics #messyhairdontcare

#DearMrPresident come take a walk with me... Here are some books you need to read. (Will it make a difference? With people of his kind, I'm not sure.) #FierceFeb @Cinfhen

I recently read this book and then participated in a discussion hosted at the local African-American Heritage Center. I can‘t stress enough how important I think it is for white feminists to read this work to understand the importance of intersectionality, and to really understand why Davis refused to identify as feminist. Next month we‘re reading Freedom is a Constant Struggle and I‘m very excited.

Seneca Falls Inheritance is a mystery set during the 1848 Women's Rights Convention. The mystery is light; can't remember anything about it 😬, but I found the historical aspect very interesting. As for Angela Davis, what is there to say. An absolute must-read. Intersectional feminism is a buzz phrase now but here Davis shows how to *think* intersectionally about the history of the women's movement. An education. #suffragettecity #SeptemBowie

Got this from the 2015 Decatur Book Festival and still haven't finished... I will at some point. Meanwhile, still waiting on #HurricaneIrma. At this point, I'm ready for it to be over with. The mental fatigue is real, y'all. Just when I think I'm prepared, a family member will call and revive my panic. Anyway, I hope everyone else affected by the storm is faring well on this #feministFriday

#AwesomeAutumnBooks @Jess7

While watching Angela Davis talk at the Women's March on Saturday I felt it was finally time to get these two books (and Foxlowe finally arrived from the U.K. on the same day)

Has anyone else seen the trump syllabus? Lots of great recs about American racism, sexism, nativism and imperialism.

www.publicbooks.org/feature/trump-syllabus-20

#overit #diversebooks #feminism #socialjustice

I feel like I just got taken to CHURCH. I've considered myself a feminist for years, but there were a lot of things Davis talks about that I hadn't considered before. Like, how anti-intersectional the early feminist movements were, how socialism/communism factors in, how the birth control movement had racist underpinnings, and the economy of housework. Damn. I'm going to go read all her books now. Another reason why #weneeddiversebooks

I've been beating myself up about not having time to read (esp since they're books on social justice!), but it's bc my to do list is all political actions. These 7 things are super easy & can be done in a lunch hour at work. If you can't read the above I've fleshed them out (and included scripts) here: http://www.offthebeatenshelf.com/politically-literate/lunch-hour-activist

Also, my kitty notepad makes me giggle a little every time I see it. 😹

Joining a social justice nonfiction book club was a good life decision. There are many things I don't know, but I want to learn.

I'm especially thankful for the book club *now*, at this particular moment in history. When I go to anti-Trump protests I know more context of the issues I'm protesting against. Movements have not always been intersectional, as discussed in this book, so we must make them so.

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Heartbroken about Terence Crutcher #BlackLivesMatters 💔