Recommended Reads.
CURATED LIST BY THE KAWAII RIOT TEAM
Burnout Survival Kit: Instant Relief from Modern Work
by Imogen Dall
Burnout Survival Kit offers practical advice for when things are already bad. There's no mystical magic about unleashing your inner corporate superhero, no weird productivity diagrams, and certainly no crap about working 'smarter'. Instead, this is the calm inner voice that you need, served with a sense of humor on the side.
Black macho and the myth of superwoman
by Michele Wallace
Originally published in 1978, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman caused a storm of controversy. Michele Wallace blasted the masculine biases of Black politics that emerged from the sixties. She described how women remained marginalized by the patriarchal culture of Black Power, demonstrating the ways in which a genuine female subjectivity was blocked by the traditional myths of black womanhood.
Bad Feminist: Essays
by Roxane Gay
A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay.
Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Activism and Action
by Sophie Williams
Anti-Racist Ally introduces and explains the language of change and shows you how to challenge the system, beginning with yourself. Sophie reminds you that this is a learning process, which means facing difficult truths, becoming uncomfortable, and working through the embarrassment and discomfort.
Black Faces, White Spaces
by Carolyn Finney
Bridging the fields of environmental history, cultural studies, critical race studies, and geography, Finney argues that the legacies of slavery, Jim Crow, and racial violence have shaped cultural understandings of the "great outdoors" and determined who should and can have access to natural spaces.
Everything Is F*cked: A Book about Hope
by Mark Manson
We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it’s ever been—we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*cked—the planet is warming, governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on Twitter. At this moment in history, when we have access to technology, education and communication our ancestors couldn’t even dream of, so many of us come back to an overriding feeling of hopelessness.
Past Recommendations: 2020
SO PRETTY / VERY ROTTEN By Jane Mai & An Nguyen
PERSEPOLIS By Marjane Satrapi
CITIZEN By Claudia Rankine
ARE PRISONS OBSOLETE By Angela Y. Davis
INGLORIOUS EMPIRE By Shashi Tharoor
THE YEAR OF LESS By: Cait Flanders
HOOD FEMINISM By Mikki Kendall
SISTER OUTSIDER By Audre Lorde & Cheryl Clarke
RUN FOR SOMETHING By Amanda Litman
LIBERATED THREADS By Tanisha C. Ford
YOU CAN'T TOUCH MY HAIR By Phoebe Robinson
LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME By James W. Loewen