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Subtitle: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Recommended to me by: Dave C This is an engagingly written, data-driven compilation of all the ways women are left out of important scientific and civic decisions, to our serious detriment. Often data isn’t even collected in a way that shows relevant differences between men […] Subtitle: Somatic Practices for Presence, Empowerment, and Waking Up in This Life Recommended to me by: Darryl C “Bodyfulness” is the embodied version of mindfulness, presence without leaving the body behind. Caldwell brings in Tibetan Buddhism, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and her own experiences with movement and presence. The different modalities felt awkwardly pushed together in […] Subtitle: A Healing Guide to Renewing Your Spirit and Reclaiming Your Life Recommended to me by: Reading Patricia Evans’ earlier books about verbal abuse many years ago Patricia Evans named the severity and prevalence of verbal abuse and offers validation and healing for survivors. Her earlier books “The Verbally Abusive Relationship” and “Verbal Abuse […] Subtitle: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Recommended to me by: Naomi Ardea Resmaa Menakem is a Black psychotherapist and teacher. He addresses the ways white supremacy, which he calls white body supremacy, is perpetuated through trauma in Black, white, and police bodies. He says we each have to […] Subtitle: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness Rhonda V. Magee is a Black woman law professor at the University of San Francisco. She has studied mindfulness in depth, and uses it to get through difficult conversations about race with students as well as live with ever-present microaggressions. She teaches mindfulness to help […] Subtitle: An Asian American Reckoning Recommended to me by: Jesse-the-k Cathy Park Hong describes minor feelings as “the racialized range of emotions that are negative, dysphoric, and therefore untelegenic, built from the sediments of everyday racial experience and the irritant of having one’s perception of reality constantly questioned or dismissed.” In this frank memoir, […] Subtitle: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses Recommended to me by: Reading Braiding Sweetgrass A lyrical series of essays that weave together fascinating details about mosses and stories about Robin Wall Kimmerer’s life. She is an extraordinary storyteller. Mosses are the most minimal plants. They survive by carefully funneling and holding onto water […] Subtitle: How to Recognize Your Privilege, Combat Your Racism, and Change the World In this book for people with white privilege who want to take the next step in anti-racism, Layla Saad guides the reader on a brilliantly organized 28 day exploration of internalized white supremacy and how to address it. The first week […] Subtitle: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Recommended to me by: Amy Bennett A set of essays loosely tied together in chronological order, with themes of sweetgrass and braiding all the way through. Each essay braids together personal memoir, Native American (specifically Potawatomi) ways of living, and colonialist ways of living. […] Subtitle: Exploring Gender & Sexuality in Magical Practice Recommended to me by: Sam L-G Misha Magdalene (they/them pronouns) asserts that magic is queer. In writing by turns academic and conversational, they explore viewing magic through the lenses of gender and sexuality. They describe their experience with growing up queer, as well as their gradual […] |