Nonfictionnovember

Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary | Toshio Meronek, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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"I don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow. But I am here, so I might as well fucking enjoy it, and help my community if I can"

Words to live by!! Miss Major passed away last month. She was an inspiration as she says many times here, not many Black Trans people get to live to be in their 80s, what an amazing life she has had. Not easy, but amazing. I like how she spoke of Trans rights reminding us to be good allies by not assuming ?

ChaoticMissAdventures What the community needs, or deciding as allies what we think they deserve (a sentiment shared by Chef Jose Andres') She talks about Stonewall, police violence, how the Gay community tries to erase the Trans community, she talks about Palestine and a host of other topics and her insights are invaluable. 4.5/5⭐ #nonfictionnovember 18h

Bookwomble I really loved getting Miss Major's perspectives through this book. Sorry to hear she's passed away. Rest in Power ✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✊🏾 12h

Cuilin Yes, words to live by!!! 11h

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AnneCecilie

Mother Mary Comes to Me | Arundhati Roy

#NonfictionNovember #NFN #TodayILearned

I had no idea that the above was done, not just in India, but at all

Bookwormjillk

Bookwormjillk Ooof 1d

PatriciaU I‘ve had so many people rec this book to me lately! Your posts have made me move it up in my TBR 10h

AnneCecilie @PatriciaU I‘m almost finished and loving it. Hope you do too. But the tbr is a funny thing 4h

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lil1inblue

Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement | Suzanne Cope

Today I learned about the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, which was created in the 1950s to fight desegregation and maintain White supremacy. I now know that their tactics helped to inspire the FBI to create COINTELPRO. #todayilearned #nfn #nonfictionnovember

https://www.dh-mdah.org/mssc-history
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/sovcom/

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Amiable

A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir | Colin Jost

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A pleasant-enough memoir about Colin Jost‘s childhood growing up on Staten Island and his journey to becoming a writer and “news” co-anchor on “Saturday Night Live.” #NonfictionNovember #NFN

#TodayILearned that Jost‘s mother, Dr. Kerry Kelly, the first female chief medical officer of the NYFD, was on site at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and narrowly escaped being killed when Tower 2 collapsed. Her life story is more interesting than his!

AnnCrystal 😳 Wow! 💝💝💝. 2d

Karisa That‘s really interesting! 2d

Bookwormjillk Wow! 2d

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Daisey

Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (a Graphic Novel) | John Hendrix

Today I learned that J.R.R. Tolkien & Edith (his future wife) spent time in tea shops as teens throwing sugar cubes into the hats of unsuspecting ladies.

This is a graphic novel biography of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, and so far I‘m intrigued by how it‘s put together. It‘s also nice to read something a bit lighter about them.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #Nonfiction #TodayILearned #NonfictionNovember #NFNovember #GraphicNovel

Bookwormjillk Lol 2d

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mcctrish

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection | John Green

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I‘ve had my air pods in all day! I‘ve vacuumed, washed toilets, made apple crisp, made Rice Krispie squares using Count Chocula cereal, done bag #2 on the Botanical Garden, multiple loads of laundry and dug up the tomato plants just in time for yard waste pick up 👏🏻👏🏻✊🏻 and finished this book in a day. I had no idea you could get TB beyond your lungs! Also we need to take better care of each other! #nonfictionnovember

TheBookHippie We really do!!! 2d

5feet.of.fury Oooh count chocula treats 🤤 sounds delish 2d

Julsmarshall This book was so good! 2d

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mcctrish @Julsmarshall I love this kind of non-fiction 2d

AlaMich The Rice Krispie treats sound amazing with Count Chocula. 2d

kspenmoll Just WOW! A work demon! 2d

Tamra You had an amazing day! 2d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼😋🤩🧩💝. 2d

Sparklemn That‘s amazing! 2d

mcctrish @5feet.of.fury @AlaMich they really are extra delish 2d

mcctrish @kspenmoll @Tamra @Sparklemn @AnnCrystal I‘m in winter nesting mode 😆 2d