Angela Davis is a genius. I was reading this book on my Kindle, and highlighting every sentence that made me feel like “Wow, that is so profound” and then I had to stop myself, because it is not useful to highlight every line of the book. But really, just about every line of this book …
2020 has involved a lot of being alone for many of us, so I picked up this book, which has been on my bookshelf for a while. The only way I can think to describe “The Lonely City” by Olivia Laing is as an art history memoir. And, given that 2020 is the year when …
I was in charge of buying new books to restock our classroom libraries this summer, and it was a lot of fun. I don’t normally buy a lot of books, so this was like getting to go on a book-buying spree for my kids. One of the books I ordered for school was “When Stars …
I had heard of “The Body is Not an Apology” here and there in body -positivity spaces online, but the reason I read this book was Sonya Renee Taylor’s interview on Brené Brown’s podcast. “I am not simply proposing that you make peace with your body because your body shame is making you miserable. I …
I don’t think that I’m the target market for this book. I can see how it might be useful to some people – if you’re really unhappy and dissatisfied in your career, and not sure how to change things to make your career into something that you’re more satisfied with, I can see how this …
I really liked this book. It’s not the type of thing that I’m usually into – young adult novels written in verse? Not really my thing. But “Clap When You Land” was striking and heart-wrenching and it was all wrapped up in loss and finding out that your parent was so much more than the …
“So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo is a strong foundation to understanding the way that racism is manifested in the present-day, in the United States. I think that it makes a good introduction for white people who are aware that racism exists, but have not done extensive reading or development on …
Change can be really challenging at an individual level – it can be hard to get up earlier, or get more sleep, or work out frequently. That doesn’t compare to the mountain of challenge of organizational change, of getting groups of people who are entrenched in their ways, to change. This book was a really …
I disagree with Jordan Peterson about a lot of things. I believe that privilege is a real thing that impacts all of us, I believe that everyone should respect transgender and non-binary people’s gender identity and pronouns, I believe that the majority of differences between men and women are the result of how we are …
I might be the only woman in America who read Untamed during this pandemic and didn’t love it. I read it in July, actually, but didn’t get around to writing about it until now because I just didn’t have much to say about it. I didn’t hate it, exactly. It was okay. Nothing special, really. …