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Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare

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emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

  • incredibly relatable and perfectly encapsulated anger with the world as a disabled person and yet a pure curiosity at the world around you. 
  • very intersectional and highlights different aspects of disability relating to queerness relating to other social issues 



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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

  • an essential read to those who wish to dismantle capitalism and white supremacy their daily lives.
  • as capitalism drives society to call us lazy, we have the power to dismantle it from the ground up, by allowing ourselves and our community to rest without reason. 
  • pros: an incredible reminder to push ourselves back into rest, community care and liberation
  • cons: constantly repeats itself, could have been an essay, convoluted at times.

Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

  • an impactful and powerful story about grief, with quite a few flaws that limit the story’s potential. is a written version of a film by the same name and the same author/filmmaker.
  • pros: queer indigenous romance, realistic portrayal of grief and of reservations, 
  • cons: main character’s development was rushed & out of proportion at times, little to no emotional pay off from the book’s dark themes, no character arc for our romantic pair, cheating trope.

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