Was perplexed and devastated when I read this last night.
I LOVE the Wizard of OZ. Grew up loving the OZ. My mom (where my Indigenous American blood comes from) LOVES OZ!
How did we not know about this?!?
This morning I did some research. And this is based on truth...but I kept researching.
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I know this history. I am familiar with the tragedies and struggles highlighted in this book...yet, it was still a difficult read.
Read this last night, during a rainstorm. I fell right into the beautifully drawn pages. Nearly cried twice, but took brief pauses from the book to calm myself.
This is to the point. Nothing over done. No unnecessary details.
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#bookhaul #indiebookstore
📚 Seven Social Movements That Changed America by Linda Gordon - Impulse Buy
📚 Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi - on #mounttbr
📚 Women Who Run With Wolves - an easier to read used copy for $10
📚 The Shadow of Quetzalcoatl by Merilee Grindle - Impulse Buy
📚 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman - because 3 copies is not enough and it's pretty
📚 We'moon 2026 calendar - because I get it every year
I have too many books going at once,no wonder I feel scattered! I am putting the Georgette Heyer biography & her mystery book on hold.I seek a Kind Person is a library book, so I need to continue reading it. WWRWTW #wildeomen & WWK are buddy reads. #readingispoliticsl #overcomingevilempires
What‘s left are CI #readyourkindle & AFPM #audiobook. I have finished the Frances Perkins #sundaybuddyread. #weeklyforecast
News of the possible lynching in Mississippi has sent me over the edge today.
Excerpts from There It Is by Jayne Cortez
Full poem: https://spare.poems.com/poem/there-it-is/
#poemadayish #poetrypals #overcomingevilempires #readingispolitical #antifabookclub
@dabbe @Cuilin
NPR had a 2022 article and because Children in Evergreen Colorado had to face the horror of a school shooting yesterday i am sharing some books related to ending gun violence.
#overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub
An earlier edition of this book sat on my parents' bookshelf for most of my life. I'm finally diving in. 😅
#realhistory #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub #readingispolitical
I am deeply alarmed by the state of the U.S. Many of you are, too. So, let‘s learn about fascism — a book club, perhaps. But, if nothing else, book suggestions. Let‘s start with WHAT WE KNEW: TERROR, MASS MURDER, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/24/nx-s1-5511241/smithsonian-white-house-art
https://www.utrgv.edu/claa/exhibitions/rigoberto-gonzalez/index.htm
https://www.rair.org/rigoberto-gonzalez
https://www.utep.edu/rubin/exhibitions/past/baroque-on-the-border.html
#haikuhive #haikuaday #antifabookclub #overcomingevilempires
pickI wish this kind of read was available when I was a teenager!
As a book about a girl and her dragon, this book was splendid fun. As a book about an indigenous island girl and her endangered species dragon, this is the kind of book I've been waiting for...as an indigenous reader, this fantasy is a treasure 📚🐉💖.
I prefer books without battles, but some may find this a bit slow paced.
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The family of the author has since made an official, public apology.
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After puzzling through this issue, my personal feeling is...
While Baum's early articles can never be justified. The fact that he showed a possible change of mind to his prejudice, is an importance that shouldn't be ignored.
In our current, political climate, this history is hopeful. This shows that there is a true possibility of changing the prejudicial hatred of the people who seem hopelessly lost in their viewpoints.
🤨📚🤔✊🏼🥺👠💝.
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#WizardofOZreviewedbyanncrystal
#TroublingTimesinOurUSA
#realhistory
#honesthistory
@Chrissyreadit
#antifabookclub
#overcomingevilempires (edited) 1mo