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Subtitle: How the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America Barbara Ehrenreich starts with the personal – her surprise at the mandatory positivity around her breast cancer diagnosis – and veers to the political – how delusional positivity contributed to the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. In between, she gives a brief history of New Thought, Christian [...] Subtitle: a memoir of friendship Recommended by: Courtney on the Feministing blog I loved this book. I cried at the beginning, smiled in the middle, and sighed at the end. Gail Caldwell describes first her grief at her best friend Caroline Knapp’s death, and then their daily joys together while she was alive. They trained their big [...] Recommended by: Sanguinity in the 50books_poc community After several books put aside because I just couldn’t get through them, this book is a delight – both lyrical and informative, both personally detailed and globally applicable. Kenji Yoshino is a gay Japanese-American man, currently working as a professor of law at Yale Law School. In the first third [...] Subtitle: A Practical Approach Recommended by: reading Nisi Shawl’s other book “Filter House” I felt so warmed and included by Nisi Shawl’s writing in “Filter House” that I was eager to read “Writing the Other.” I wanted both to learn how to write inclusively, and to experience more of that included feeling. This short book includes three essays [...] Subtitle: 150 Key Ideas for Raising Successful, Well-Adjusted And Confident Kids Recommended by: Patricia Anderson’s “I Need a Nudge” author coaching I have benefited from Patricia Anderson’s you-can-do-it-and-here’s-how author coaching for a year now. I’ve been curious about her own book, which she got written and out to readers in 5 months. The book starts out asking readers [...] Subtitle: Therapy for Child Abuse Survivors in Family and Social Context Recommended by: Dr. Kathleen Young This is an academic book, written in precise psychological language, containing enough material for a semester course. Startlingly compassionate insights into complex trauma and prolonged childhood abuse (abbreviated PCA) are built into a treatment model that focuses on the family context [...] Subtitle: And Other Conversations About Race Recommended by: Kate Nepveu’s article How to Discuss Race and Racism Without Acting Like a Complete Jerk Dr. Tatum, a research psychologist and current President of Spellman College, answers the title question compassionately and thoroughly, creating a framework to think and talk constructively about race. She alternates between explanations of academic [...] Subtitle: A guide for gracious living that covers the essentials of black American traditions with updates for the new millennium Recommended by: jesse-the-k on DreamWidth This is a compendium of traditional etiquette advice (which fork to put where, how to put wedding invitations in the envelope), common sense advice for all (be on time for your restaurant reservations), [...] Subtitle: Spotting and stopping prejudice A brief, photo-filled book with concrete advice for teens on embracing diversity and overcoming prejudice. Adults can benefit from this book as well. As you can see on the cover, the photos strongly support the book’s message, showing people of a variety of skin colors, genders, and ethnicities. Diversity is defined as difference. Tolerance [...] Subtitle: Simple Steps to a Luminous Life at Work and Play Recommended by: Aubrie De Clerck Maria Nemeth offers step-by-step instructions on how to move from a fog of confusion to living with “clarity, focus, ease, and grace.” I do want to live with clarity, focus, ease, and grace, but I didn’t start reading in a fog of confusion. [...] |
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