Lemme tell ya
Its final seasons over on my neck of the woods and in of course respectable fashion, I went to see Spencer this past weekend. The Diana movie I’ve been waiting for where Kristen Stewart shockingly gives the performance of a lifetime. It was a deep foray into a trapped Diana’s psyche as she battles the isolation and depression of living as Charles’ wife and Royal Family member. It was dark and twisty but also incredibly good aside from a few scenes that should have been cut (call me if you saw it).
Otherwise, I’m watching friends grow in ways that make me damn proud and inspire me everyday to show up and show out so I’m sending all the love to ya’ll this week <3
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Books I wish I read in high school: Devil In the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys by Gilbert King. We don’t talk enough about Thurgood Marshall-in law school or in life. He’s not just a legal genius behind the civil rights movement but a man who endured vitriolic hate as fought, including potential lynching. It’s a heavy book but Devil in the Grove really tells a tale of a man who fought to the bone with his life for civil rights.
Read if: Black History Month is obviously every month in your books.
Decolonize your mind: There are Trans People Here by H. Melt. Brought to you courtesy of Hay Market (we love you), there are trans people here is a poetry collection that describes resistance within the queer and trans historical movement. It discusses the healing of community and is a radical investigation into self-love.
Read if: Trans people belong here and in our history books.
On Trend: My Body by Emily Ratajkowski-ok a very controversial pick because idk how I feel about Em Rata or if I like her. Sometimes I will not lie, it does in fact annoy me that she can be the poster child of “feminism” and also the poster child of “ideal beauty standards”-boo. I’m not sure we should embrace either. However, everyone is talking about her book and how she commodified her whole body and is standing on the other side wondering-it was worth it but at what cost?
Read if: Em Rata ain’t your jam but you’re curious about how the other side thinks about selling their image.
Not your typical, eat, pray, love: An Ordinary Age: Finding your way in a wolrd that expects exceptional by Rainesford Stauffer -this title may have got me a little teary. The whole book is about how we are promised from day 1 the world will be given to us and we must get it all in our 20s. This book explores the problems young adults face and how we can all live more authentic lives that gives us happiness.
Read if: You’re mid 20s and wondering damn wtf
Your local bookshop rec: we are bringing you a local bookshop rec from Reparations Club in Los Angeles. A concept Bookshop and create space curated by Black-ness in LA. Black-owned. Woman-Owned and where you’ll spend your next book money at.