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Re "I might not agree with everything the writer says". I think people (SJWs? USians?) need to (re)learn how to FORAGE. Sift through the meh & bleh to find the fuck yeah. Puritanism and customization for ever smaller niches have made this a "suspicious activity". Either it's 100% pure & correct or it's tainted by (eek) "wrongthink...

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I meant to add this recommendation ages ago, but I highly recommend the book "I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World" by Kai Cheng Thom.

As someone who's gotten minor celebrity status in queer communities in so called canada, Kai's book describes amongst many topics, issues that have plagued activist/social justice/queer communities in the pre-covid era such as the dogmatic social behaviour and hypervigilance associated with certain in-groups. She writes from a nurturing, nuanced, and understanding perspective, while shedding light on some of these social phenomenons and the consequences she has experienced and witnessed as a trans woman of colour.

From a blurb: "In a heartbreaking yet hopeful collection of personal essays and prose poems, blending the confessional, political, and literary, acclaimed poet and essayist Kai Cheng Thom dives deep into the questions that haunt social movements today. [...] I Hope We Choose Love proposes heartfelt solutions on the topics of violence, complicity, family, vengeance, and forgiveness. Taking its cues from contemporary thought leaders in the transformative justice movement such as adrienne maree brown and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, this provocative book is a call for nuance in a time of political polarization, for healing in a time of justice, and for love in an apocalypse. "

https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/I/I-Hope-We-Choose-Love

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