by Rafia Zakaria
★★★
Tag archives: nonfiction
The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure
by Katherine Rundell
An excess of ancient superstitions, ill-chosen analogies, and needless asides alongside fine facts
Un féminisme décolonial
by Françoise Vergès
★★★½
Feminism and Marxism
by Dorothy Ballan
A lot of space is focused on critiquing Kate Millett’s Sexual Politics instead of standing on its own. The antiracism holds up, and the parts about communal social relations that Leslie Feinberg distilled in Transgender Warriors.
Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times
by Carla Bergman, Nick Montgomery
★★★½
Transgender Warriors
by Leslie Feinberg
Feinberg’s writing is energising and accessible as ever. A resonating history of humanity, and a clear-sighted view of interlocking struggles against the capitalist class.
★★★★★
Radical Intimacy
by Sophie K. Rosa
★★★½
Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny
by Nile Rodgers
★★★★★
Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
by Octavia E. Butler
Less a parade of interviewers who haven’t read her work asking the same flat questions than usual. She only had to mention Devil Girl from Mars once out of the ten and refer to Steve Barnes and Samuel R. Delany twice. Delany’s intro is disjointed and abrupt, … Read more
Sonic Life
by Thurston Moore
Searing, poetic. Unexpectedly at least 30% music journalism. Got to know a couple of names I want to check out more of. I loved hearing about the X-Ray Spex concert, about Freezer Burn, Flower, I wanted to hear it all. The exchange with Sun Ra made me tear … Read more
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business
by Roxane Gay
Essays I appreciated most:
- “Hate That Doesn’t Hide”
- “Can I Enjoy Art but Denounce the Artist?”
- “Jada Pinkett Smith Shouldn’t Have to Take a Joke. Neither Should You.”
The Best We Could Do
by Thi Bui
★★★
I Am Spock
by Leonard Nimoy
I read this having seen more SNW Spock than TOS. I knew of two contributions by Nimoy that gave me a positive impression and spurred me to read another memoir by someone I wasn’t necessarily a dedicated fan of (following the vibrant Fingers Crossed by Miki Berenyi). One … Read more
Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
by Julia Lee
★★★½
Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
by Miki Berenyi
★★★★½
Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome
by Aparna Nancherla
★★★★
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba
★★★★½
Le génie lesbien
by Alice Coffin
★★★★½
Was weiße Menschen nicht über Rassismus hören wollen
by Alice Hasters
★★★½
Counting for Nothing: What Men Value and What Women are Worth
by Marilyn Waring
★★★½