anattynook
dear future - prologue | a spoken letter to the future
updated
0:00 intro
01:12 The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
05:20 Welcome to Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum translated by Shanna Tan
07:30 The Anthropocene Cookbook: Recipes and Opportunities for Future Catastrophes by Zane Cerpina, Stahl Stenslie
11:37 my top picks for 2023
12:35 For Art's Sake: Memoirs of a Singapore Arts Manager by Julianna Lim
15:48 Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World by Theresa MacPhail
18:11 How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
22:21 Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock by Jenny Odell
25:30 Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside by Xiaowei Wang
27:25 outro & I have a PO box!
PO Box
Clementi Central Post Office
PO BOX 102
Singapore 911204
It's been difficult to film nowadays as I've been having less time to read and make videos due to my new job
I hope you still enjoy this video!
books mentioned:
catskull by myle yan tay
The Singapore I Recognise by Kirsten Han
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
Underland by Robert Macfarlane
Hotel by Alfian Sa'at (Wild Rice)
Kim Ji Young, born 1982 by Cho Nam Joo
Human Acts by Han Kang
The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women, Translated and edited by Ju-chan Fulton and Bruce Fulton
Your Republic is Calling You by Kim Young-ha
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World by Emma Marris
The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants by Karen Bakker
Not Without Us: Perspectives on Disability and Inclusion in Singapore by editors Kuansong Victor Zhuang, Meng Ee Wong, Dan Goodley
Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood by Satya Doyle Byock
Body Language: Writers on Identity, Physicality, and Making Space for Ourselves by editors Nicole Chung, Matt Ortile
this video was 3 months in the making!
thank you all so much for sticking around and still watching these videos! I really appreciate all the support and I hope to continue bringing cool/interesting/meaningful books to you all 🧡
final part of my solo trip to seoul~
books mentioned:
Kim Ji Young, born 1982 by Cho Nam Joo
Human Acts by Han Kang
The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women, Translated and edited by Ju-chan Fulton and Bruce Fulton
Your Republic is Calling You by Kim Young-ha
please find the places I mentioned here!
museums/galleries/bookstores/libraries:
Seoul Museum (Seokpajung)
Chungwoon Literature Library
Dae Oh Bookstore
IRASUN
Book Society
food/coffee:
Mom's Kitchen
Hagung
Frolla
Cha-tteul
others:
Allwrite
Green Tabby
🔈 music 🔈
Wings - So!YoON! x Phum Viphurit (cover) - Doridol2 (on.soundcloud.com/gefrj)
i like watching you go cover - bonobonoo (on.soundcloud.com/LQmT4)
IU(아이유) - Every Sweet Day (Jazz cover.) -J-Ship (on.soundcloud.com/5TH4R)
second part of my solo travels to seoul
books mentioned:
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
Planet City by Liam Young
museums/galleries/bookstores:
Nam June Paik Memorial Hall (12-1 Jong-ro 53-gil, Changsin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea)
Post Poetics (19 Itaewon-ro 54-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea)
food/coffee:
Master of Thought
Salon De Book (11, Nambusunhwan-ro 231-gil, Gwanak-gu, Seoul)
alt.a (109, Bogwang-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea)
Hell Cafe (238-43 Bogwang-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea)
Plant (117 Bogwang-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea)
others:
Dongmyo Market
Gwangjang Market
Vinyl & Plastic by Hyundai Card (248 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea)
NONFICTION (242, Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea)
🔈 music 🔈
네가 좋아 - Yohna (on.soundcloud.com/1S7mu)
SLEEQ - ㅠㅠ( on.soundcloud.com/DT4R2)
my first time travelling alone and no surprise that I was busy with books and art
books mentioned:
Human Acts by Han Kang
please find the places I mentioned here!
museums/galleries:
museumhead (http://museumhead.com)
Barakat Gallery
Kukje Gallery
Art Sonje Centre
MMCA
Seoul Craft Museum
Kumho Museum (http://www.kumhomuseum.com/eng)
food/coffee:
onion cafe (Anguk)
디프커피 diff coffee (56 Dongsomun-ro 26ga-gil, Donam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul)
만수의정원 (35-2, Bukchon-ro 5ga-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul) [where I ate sujebi!]
WeSaladu 위샐러듀 연남점 (10-7, Donggyo-ro 52-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul)
funnyzoo (3, Wangsimni-ro 4-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul) [japanese curry]
errd coffee
주막 (56, World Cup buk-ro 6-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul) [boribap]
생각의주인 (17, Solbat-ro 7-gil, Gwanak-gu, Seoul)
others:
Baneul
MADE BY
🔈 music 🔈
RM · seoul instrumental (on.soundcloud.com/UZQaL)
Music by Marv Krown - matter of time - thmatc.co/?l=04E93FC2
Music by Blue Sirens - Through the Trees - thmatc.co/?l=D9DB45F0
Outside by Joyce Yoo (on.soundcloud.com/DNyDR)
오늘부터 장마 - 전자양 (on.soundcloud.com/jZ6P6)
Music by Ryu Bloom - winter coat vibes - thmatc.co/?l=7A7FEB24
books mentioned:
Not Without Us: Perspectives on Disability and Inclusion in Singapore edited by Kuansong Victor Zhuang, Meng Ee Wong, Dan Goodley
(check it out here: https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/not-without-us-perspectives-on-disability-and-inclusion-in-singapore)
What Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World by Sara Hendren
Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War by Hito Steyerl
Lorem Ipsum by Oli Hazzard
Anything But Human by Daryl Lim Wei Jie
Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn
Work-Life Balance: Malevolent Managers and Folkloric Freelancers by Benjamin Chee and Wayne Rée (https://differenceengine.sg/)
Eastern Heathens: An Anthology of Subverted Asian Folklores edited by Amanda Lee Koe and Ng Yi-Sheng
Nusantara: A Sea of Tales by Heidi Shamsuddin
Revenge of Gaia: Contemporary Vietnamese Ecofiction by Chi P. Pham, Chitra Sankaran
other things mentioned:
galleries I visited - starch (https://www.starch.sg/), natasha (singaporebiennale.org), the arts house (https://artshouselimited.sg/venues/tah)
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Nat (she/they) likes to read mainly nonfiction books on society, queerness and the climate. An avid reader with a penchant for rambling on a tangent, they hope to encourage her audience to think more critically about everyday issues one book recommendation at a time. If not found mid-existential meltdown, they are likely making bookish content over at @anattynook (IG/YT/Tiktok).
books mentioned:
2:00 Warmth by Daniel Sherrell
5:14 The Nutmeg's Curse by Amitav Ghosh
08:27 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
12:30 Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
15:50 Vacant Steppes by Steven Sy
20:20 Global City Futures by Natalie Oswin
22:22 Generation Dread by Britt Wray
26:05 Black Waters, Pink Sands by Ng Yi Sheng
29:20 Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers by Sady Doyle
32:52 Bitch by Lucy Cooke
34:50 outro
strangely enough, many of my top picks for 2022 were pink/purple cover themed hmmm
panels mentioned:
1. So What If I'm Becoming My Mother? The Mother Figure in Fiction - Sheba Karim, Sandra Chua, Leong Liew Geok
2. Festival Gala: A Singaporean Canon – Can or Cannot? - Marc Nair,
Angelia Poon, Gwee Li Sui
3. Reading the Feed: From BookTok to Bookstagram - Amaryllis Puspabening (IG: @furthernotes), Ruby (IG: @totebag.library), Wormhole, Firqin (IG: @nonfirqtion)
4. END !! OF !! DAYS !! - H.J. Pang, Nicholas Yong, Lili Wilkinson,
Meihan Boey
5. Care is Revolutionary: Towards an Inclusive, Sustainable Future - Mysara Aljaru, Kristian-Marc James Paul, Kuansong Victor Zhuang, Dawn-Joy Leong, Tim Min Jie
6. Festival Gala: It's the Cliches that Cause the Trouble - Jeanette Winterson, nor, Joel Tan
7. "When Man Writes About Woman": Emancipative Ideals and Male Writers from Islands Southeast Asia - Azhar Ibrahim
8. You're Up Next: Voices of the Future From Sing Lit - Laili Abdeen,
Andrew Kirkrose Devadason, Karisa Poedjirahardjo, Jonathan Chan, Shawn Hoo
9. Festival Keynote Talk: Kamalini Ramdas - Feminist Dreaming: The Future from Here - Kamalini Ramdas
Totebag Library - On BookTok and Bookstagram
totebag.substack.com/p/on-booktok-and-bookstagram
Ethos Panels (pending transcipt!)
https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/blogs/events/tagged/singapore-writers-festival
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Nat (she/they) likes to read mainly nonfiction books on society, queerness and the climate. An avid reader with a penchant for rambling on a tangent, they hope to encourage her audience to think more critically about everyday issues one book recommendation at a time. If not found mid-existential meltdown, they are likely making bookish content over at @anattynook (IG/YT/Tiktok).
books mentioned:
The Breaks: An Essay by Julietta Singh
Brown in Redacted by Kristian-Marc James Paul, Mysara Alijaru, Myle Yan Tay
The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales
Why Do I Feel Like This? by Shinsuke Yoshitake
Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal by Lucy Cooke
What We Inherit: Growing Up Indian by AWARE
Of the Florids by Shawn Hoo
Lorem Ipsum by Oli Hazzard
Nusantara: A Sea of Tales by Heidi Shamsuddin
Anything but Human by Daryl Lim Wei Jie
LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #10
other resources:
singaporewritersfestival.com
The Truth about Deep Sea Mining (youtu.be/73mXXJpEjRI)
Heidi Shamsuddin has a YT Channel!
(youtube.com/channel/UCDk-Wvzcb7TygYWqcS3_sTw)
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Nat (she/they) likes to read mainly nonfiction books on society, queerness and the climate. An avid reader with a penchant for rambling on a tangent, they hope to encourage her audience to think more critically about everyday issues one book recommendation at a time. If not found mid-existential meltdown, they are likely making bookish content over at @anattynook (IG/YT/Tiktok).
(I'll be doing a Q&A on their IG on the 14th so come hang hehe)
books mentioned:
Black Waters Pink Sands by Ng Yi-Sheng
Otherlands: A World in the Making by Thomas Halliday
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid by Thor Hanson
Kappa Quartet by Daryl Qilin Yam
Shantih Shantih Shantih by Daryl Qilin Yam
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power by Sady Doyle
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Dear Jenny, We are All Find by Jenny Zhang
From Walden to Woodlands: An Anthology of Nature Poems
Of the Florids by Shawn Hoo
Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia by Victor Seow
Theatres of Memory: Industrial Heritage of 20th Century Singapore
podcast rec: instagram.com/t42podcast/?hl=en
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Nat (she/they) likes to read mainly nonfiction books on society, queerness and the climate. An avid reader with a penchant for rambling on a tangent, they hope to encourage her audience to think more critically about everyday issues one book recommendation at a time. If not found mid-existential meltdown, they are likely making bookish content over at @anattynook (IG/YT/Tiktok).
timestamps
0:00 intro
2:26 Global City Futures: Desire and Development in Singapore by Natalie Oswin
5:54 The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa with Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)
8:24 The Invisible Manuscript by Alfian Sa'at
10:25 And the Walls Come Crumbling Down by Tania De Rozario
13:25 Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis by Britt Wray
18:48 The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World by Amanda Little
21:50 Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu with Tiffany Tsao (Translator)
23:30 Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China by Leta Hong Fincher
27:22 Unhomed by Kristina Gweneth Simundo, Silvia Suseno, Tania Leong, Lim Qing, Tan Xiang Yeow, Esther Vincent, Marcus Tan Yi-hern, Sim Jia Ling
29:03 podcast rec! https://soma-stories.captivate.fm/
29:58 outro
on 377A in SG: Pink Dot 13: S377A and its trickle-down effects - youtu.be/2WSOJE0qk28
ALSO please check out pauriahcarey's youtube debut:
triggered queen homosexual icon reacts to "TROLLING THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY IN SINGAPORE" (emotional) - youtu.be/hkFZb-JvKMA
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
tags:
This video is about novels, poetry, nonfiction, book wrap up, reading wrap up, wrap up books, books to read, reading wrap up 2022, monthly reading wrap up, books, book recommendations, book review, book reading
the books I read:
The Craftsman by Richard Sennett
Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China by Leta Hong Fincher
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
tags: 24 hour reading vlog, 24 hour reading challenge, 24 hour readathon vlog, 24 hour reading, reading for 24 hours, reading for 24 hours straight, reading for 24 hours challenge, reading for 24 hrs, reading for24 hours 2022, reading for 24 hours vlog, reading a book for 24 hours
timestamps
0:00 intro
1:38 updates
2:21 Southeast Asian Ecocriticism: Theories, Practices, Prospects by John Charles Ryan
6:51 2 years on booktube!
8:23 behind the scenes
10:48 more booksss
12:47 snippet from the panel
13:25 debrief
14:29 the next day
20:06 outro
event details on the panel: eventbrite.com/e/apocalypse-now-the-rise-of-climate-fiction-worth-the-hype-tickets-323891266497?aff=odcleoeventsincollection&keep_tld=1
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
Decolonising our Natural Heritage panel: https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/blogs/news/decolonising-our-natural-heritage
Ever-Present:
https://www.nationalgallery.sg/everpresent
weareeverpresent.com
Vintage Weekend: vintagewknd.com
Pink fest:
https://pinkdot.sg/
instagram.com/vogueinprogress
Bollywood Farms: bollywoodfarms.com
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
here's the list of books:
0:00 intro
2:16 Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin with Bonnie Huie
4:20 Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu with Tiffany Tsao
6:26 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
8:14 Strange Natures: Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological Imagination by Nicole Seymour
10:01 Queer Ancient Ways: A Decolonial Exploration by Zairong Xiang
12:24 Unthinking Mastery: Dehumanism and Decolonial Entanglements by Julietta Singh
17:05 No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami
18:40 Headcase: LGBTQ Writers and Artists on Mental Health and Wellness by Teresa Theophano, Stephanie Schroeder
20:33 Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
22:02 outro
SG Climate Rally article on queer ecology - sgclimaterally.com/post/2022-queer
white: behind mental health stigma - thewhitebook.info
other booktubers to check out!
queer non-fiction recommendations || PRIDE MONTH by Anna Reads - youtu.be/Msyz5HAQflc
What I'm Reading For Pride 🌈 Trans History Book Recs by Jackson Bird - youtu.be/YBGJIAIZbig
DIVERSE LGBTQ BOOKS RECOMMENDATIONS! by a sunny book nook - youtu.be/2XDGINNtJFk
an ambitious June TBR: books I want to read for Pride Month by a sunny book nook - youtu.be/zdvT5QCqK60
other books to check out~
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Modern Nature by Derek Jarman
Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture by Amelia Abraham
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe with Phoebe Kobabe
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
Books
0:00 intro
1:36 Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
4:02 Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh
5:40 I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
8:47 Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga
11:25 Potong: To Care/Cut by Johnny Jon Jon
15:30 The Dragonfly Will Be the Messiah, Green Ideas #17 by Masanobu Fukuoka
17:26 Hot Money, Green Ideas #2 by Naomi Klein
19:31 Vacant Steppes by Steven Sy
24:16 Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence by** Kate Crawford
29:15 POETRY REBELLION: Poems and prose to rewild the spirit by Paul Evans
30:54 Red Earth by Esther Vincent Xueming
DNF
32:35 Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food by Lenore Newman
34:30 The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet by Leah Thomas
Currently reading
36:57 The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World by Amanda Little
38:34 Global City Futures: Desire and Development in Singapore by Natalie Oswin
Song recs
Balming Tiger - 'JUST FUN!' (Official Video) - youtu.be/yvCdTAIxOwk
JUNGLE - GOOD TIMES / PROBLEMZ (Official Video) - youtu.be/gpwYTeRSgc8
Video essay rec
Even leftists don't talk about animals. by The Liberal Cook - youtu.be/bYDQZ3Neeqo
forgot to talk about this but please check this out!!
Managing eco-anxiety and depression as an activist by Climate Concerned - youtu.be/yZJSRAav1s8
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name!
this video is sponsored by Wren!
not sponsored by Veganburg but it's a very yummy place pls go check it out :D
also I was pronouncing biochar wrong...it's CHAR not car...
Foods mentioned:
VeganBurg - veganburg.com
Living Wholesome Vegetarian
Gerai Medan (Sixth Avenue)
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
🔈 music 🔈
Cred. Lukrembo
timestamps:
0:00 preview
0:39 foraging tour (check it out here: https://www.airbnb.com.sg/experiences/2317498)
2:25 brief gallery visit and talk!
2:42 spending the day at home
5:54 me talking about books (what's new...)
10:36 a lunch break with a friend
11:20 end of the vlog!
books mentioned:
The New Environmental Economics: Sustainability and Justice by Éloi Laurent
Hot Money by Naomi Klein
Red Earth by Esther Vincent Xueming
Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga
Potong: To Care/Cut by Johnny Jon Jon
things to check out:
kodrah.kristang.com
https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/potong-to-care-cut
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
0:00 preview
0:30 Aesop Women's Library
1:26 Singapore Art Book Library
5:27 Singapore Art Book Fair
10:32 my art book fair haul
25:37 outro
books mentioned:
And the Walls Come Crumbling Down by Tania De Rozario
https://meantime.sg/
k-verlag.org/books/despite-dispossession-an-activity-book
places mentioned:
https://thingbooks.shop/
studentsforafossilfreefuture.org
leonorana.net
artists mentioned:
http://criticalzoologists.org/main.html
http://atelierhoko.com
instagram.com/genieheenie
instagram.com/jhawnette
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
🔈 music 🔈
Music by Damien Sebe - Moving, but Going Nowhere - thmatc.co/?l=85FE698D
books mentioned:
Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh
The Breaks: An Essay by Julietta Singh
things/places:
projector X - https://theprojector.sg/riverside-point
asaru studio - asarustudio.com
Kotuwa - https://kotuwa.com.sg/
wormhole - https://wormhole.com.sg/
Jacky - instagram.com/jackyvsthewall
sadshrimps - @NatashaElle
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
🔈 music 🔈
Music by Damien Sebe - happiness - thmatc.co/?l=0EF5E496
this video is sponsored by Wren!
adopting more sustainable habits in your everyday is not the only and final way we can address the climate crisis, but it can open up more conversations and move people towards greater collective change 🌎 the tips that I share in this video are those that I have integrated well into my life, though of course I am always seeking more ways to be climate conscious beyond lifestyle choices~
timestamps
0:00 thank you wren for sponsoring today's video!
2:08 hygiene
8:00 food
17:18 lifestyle
24:19 outro
resources:
freedomcups.org
Sustainable Period Products: Gynecologist Explains Safe Alternative Menstrual Options (youtu.be/S72O0P1pSvk)
oasisbeautykitchen.com
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
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-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
here are the two books mentioned in the vlog:
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
places/things mentioned:
Beauty World Book Centre - channelnewsasia.com/singapore/secondhand-books-beauty-world-book-centre-close-2595971
Aesop's Women's Library (Happening 20-24th April 2022!!) - aesop.com/sg/r/aesop-womens-library
A little bit more about the Aesop Women's Library:
Taking place from Wednesday, 20 April - Sunday, 24 April at Aesop MBS and Vivocity, the Aesop Women’s Library will feature shelves filled with books by predominantly Southeast Asian authors who identify as women and allies. Aesop has purchased over 50 titles from Math Paper Press, Epigram, Ethos Books and Sea Breeze Books. Visit and select a complimentary book of choice—with no purchase required, and discover a new title, local author or perspective.
See you there!
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
timestamps:
0:00 intro
1:49 Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life by Gillian Tett
3:42 Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It by Oliver Burkeman
6:18 The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh
9:44 Where I Was: Memoir About Forgetting and Remembering by Constance Singam
12:37 Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh
15:47 Soft Science by Franny Choi
19:46 Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
22:38 Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations (rethinkeconomics.org/reclaim)
24:49 The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life after Capitalist Ruin by Anna Tsing
28:30 The Postmodern Horror of TikTok's Encanto Discourse by AreTheyGay (youtu.be/3jl9mubmE-E)
28:49 Designing the Pluriversity (designingpluriversity.org)
30:00 Punctum Books (punctumbooks.com)
30:45 Off-Line by Rad Museum (youtu.be/tGYvIELGlbA)
31:29 outro
Things mentioned:
Check out Definitely Books here: https://linktr.ee/definitelybooks
Korakrit Arunanondchai: A Machine Boosting Energy Into the Universe (https://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg/art-events/exhibitions/a-machine-boosting-energy-into-the-universe)
The Toxic Culture of the Economics Profession (youtu.be/AeMcVo3WFOY)
Other video recs!
The Trauma of Work - a painted video essay by Art by Paya (youtu.be/FCnIdDV_EKg)
the passion economy is pure nonsense. by Alice Cappelle (youtu.be/2wVqXW_18NY)
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
I might not be able to produce these videos as frequently and as intensely as before, but I'll try my best to do what I can :)
I hope you are having a good day wherever you are 🧡
places + people mentioned:
instagram.com/waresinfoshop
instagram.com/noooiceacademy
https://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg/art-events/exhibitions/refuse
https://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg/art-events/exhibitions/a-machine-boosting-energy-into-the-universe
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: wren.co/start/anattynook The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name!
join me on a slightly chaotic trip outside as I talk through some of the online resources that have helped me understand the environmental movement more ~
🌎 resources mentioned 🌎
Channels
Climate Adam - youtube.com/c/ClimateTown
Our Changing Climate - youtube.com/c/OurChangingClimate
Climate Adam - youtube.com/c/ClimateAdam
Zentouro - youtu.be/wx9pzMxiVBY
Ecofictology wth Lovis Geier - youtube.com/channel/UCRrV-N233NVrzjz8UIWDcUA/featured
Kirsten Dirksten - youtube.com/user/kirstendirksen/featured
Planet A - youtube.com/c/DWPlanetA/featured
Shelbizleee - youtube.com/c/Shelbizleee/featured
IG Profiles
SG Climate Rally - instagram.com/sgclimaterally
theweirdandwild - instagram.com/theweirdandwild
Pattiegonia - instagram.com/pattiegonia
Podcasts
The Climate Conversations - channelnewsasia.com/listen/climate-conversations
How to Save a Planet - gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet
Green Dreamer - greendreamer.com
Newsletters/Media sites
Gen Dread - gendread.substack.com
The Phoenix - https://thephoenix.earth/
Adyava - advaya.co/media
Grist - grist.org
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
I hope this video is able to give some food for thought, and most importantly of all, encourage you to take on this project of imagination in your own lives. I am far from being a perfect example of whatever I advocate for in this video, but I am always thankful to be able to share my ideas with an audience that cares for the same things as I do. Okay, enough rambling, please enjoy the video and let me know what you think in the comments below :)
+ chapters +
0:00 introduction
1:15 first - how to look up
4:19 second - deconstruct
10:06 third - reconstruct
20:08 fourth - claim back your everyday
23:52 fifth - create!
29:40 ending
BOOKS
Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of the World by Daniel Sherrell
Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism by Kate Soper
Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide by Anitra Nelson, Vincent Liegey
The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by J.B. MacKinnon
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Refusal of Work: Rethinking Post-Work Theory and Practice by David Frayne
Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild by Lucy Jones
The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel
How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century by Erik Olin Wright
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
Take Care of Your Self: The Art and Cultures of Care and Liberation by Sundus Abdul Hadi
Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance by Noam Chomsky
Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital by Jason W. Moore
Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene by Donna J. Haraway
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
Unthinking Mastery: Dehumanism and Decolonial Entanglements by Julietta Singh
additional resources:
Why No One Wins the Fast Fashion Debate by Broey Deschanel (youtu.be/XT6Hwx20m5M)
A Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair (youtu.be/2m8YACFJlMg)
We Can Beat Racism by TJ1 (youtu.be/M2elg8wymrg)
Why Imagination Is Vital by Saint Andrewism (youtu.be/7pQb9WM3VVg)
A New Philosophy of Nature: On Ecological Disconnect, Climate Despair, and Moving Forward (youtu.be/SzxlSGulR84)
Luna oi! Channel (youtube.com/c/Lunaoi/featured)
Xiran Jay Zhao (youtube.com/c/XiranJayZhao/featured)
Khadija Mbowe (youtube.com/c/KhadijaMbowe/featured)
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
things mentioned:
The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh
Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh
Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild by Lucy Jones
Lurking: How a Person Became a User by Joanne McNeil
10 lessons I learned in my 20s | for anyone feeling lost :') (youtu.be/2qpBjiRM0wk)
GEESE TEETH - a collection of horror comics by Megan Teo
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
🔈 music 🔈
Music by Jubileelee - Stay at Home Blues - thmatc.co/?l=54436C13
Music by Damien Sebe - happiness - thmatc.co/?l=0EF5E496
isupportmyanmar.com
instagram.com/listenupmyanmar
instagram.com/palestinianyouthmovement
globalcitizen.org/en/content/ways-to-help-ukraine-conflict
apologies for the background noises in this video! :(
timestamps & books:
0:00 intro
0:40 Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism by Kate Soper
3:20 How to Save Our Planet: How to Save Our Planet and Survive the 21st Century by Mark A Maslin
5:36 Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of the World by Daniel Sherrell
9:00 The Hunter's Walk by Nabeel Ismeer
10:18 The Weight of Our Sky by Hannah Alkaf
11:10 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
14:00 Lurking: How a Person Became a User by Joanne McNeil
18:27 The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh
20:43 Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life by Gillian Tett
23:05 Don’t Look Up – A Problematic Metaphor For Climate Change? by Like Stories of Old (youtu.be/z7QggAyha_0)
24:24 How to Make Potatoes While Dread Presses In from Every Direction by the vlogbrothers (youtu.be/4wqORVrAYPg)
25:40 The Sports Master Ahn Jae Hyeon (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr0T5CaHaPwVUgATBBxtdtLhPC3lWWc2I)
27:14 Feral Atlas website (http://feralatlas.org)
28:34 Energy by Sampa the Great (youtu.be/dDubhAKSeB0)
29:09 outro
references:
artist ila's work 'taman hutan' - ifforeststalk.com
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
books & resources mentioned:
Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism by Kate Soper
Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World by Daniel Sherrell
How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century by Erik Olin Wright
How Disney Commodifies Culture - Southeast Asians Roast Raya and the Last Dragon (Part 1) - youtu.be/Pwn8YD8sobo
Offline Matters: The Less-Digital Guide to Creative Work by Jess Henderson
Jiva! (netflix show)
timestamps:
0:00 planning & thoughts on writing
7:11 walk in the park & reflections on activism
14:10 southeast asian representation in Raya
17:33 cooking dinner
18:30 some books
20:16 ending the day
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
🔈 music 🔈
Music by Damien Sebe - happiness - thmatc.co/?l=0EF5E496
timestamps & books:
0:00 intro
4:11 The Hunter's Walk by Nabeel Ismeer
6:40 The Weight of our Sky by Hannah Alkaf
9:26 Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan
12:58 The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi
14:56 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
18:25 outro
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
Music by Public Library Commute - Across The Room - thmatc.co/?l=75B79D26
timestamps
0:00 indie bookstore haul
7:42 library haul & thoughts on being online
10:01 cooking lunch
12:15 chores & outro
check out the indie bookstore here: https://wormhole.com.sg/
books mentioned:
Marvellous Mammals: A Wild A to Z of Southeast Asia by Debby Ng and Darel Seow
Soft Science by Franny Choi
The Cat who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
How to Save Our Planet: The Facts by Mark A. Maslin
Lurking: How a Person Became a User by Joanne McNeil
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
! this video is NOT sponsored !
timestamps
0:00 intro
2:16 tip #1: be clear of your intentions
3:53 tip #2: give yourself time
6:09 tip #3: do your research
7:52 tip #4: be consistent
10:35 tip #5: use whatever equipment/software you have
13:19 tip #6 have fun!
15:30 outro
resources mentioned:
notion content planning template by dobochobo (youtu.be/zi_qAwwslSY) and by blissbean (youtu.be/U__AQ11iKKU)
struthless (youtube.com/c/struthless)
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External mic: Takstar SGC-698 (takstarmall.com/discount/TAKAFFNATNOK)
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters & https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
timestamps:
0:00 intro
1:28 Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone by Sarah Jaffe
5:09 A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
7:54 The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century by Thant Myint-U
10:11 No Logo by Naomi Klein
11:17 Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse? by McKenzie Wark
13:53 Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital by Jason W. Moore
17:34 The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
18:39 Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life by Gillian Tett
20:16 Video & song rec!
Links:
Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: Witness poems and essays from Burma/Myanmar (1988-2021) - https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/picking-off-new-shoots-will-not-stop-the-spring
A New Philosophy of Nature: On Ecological Disconnect, Climate Despair, and Moving Forward by Like Stories of Old (youtu.be/SzxlSGulR84)
Overanalyzing the Barbie Movies with Queer Marxist Theory by Are They Gay (youtu.be/ZION_-IsJro)
Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs by Folding Ideas (youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g)
NO BOOKS on a dead planet by leena norms (youtu.be/RBm02RdgpdE)
hyukoh sogumm sogumm (소금), 오혁 (OHHYUK) - '야유회 (yayou hoi)' (youtu.be/aAbm4j2WpEQ)
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
This video was kindly sponsored by Wren.
timestamps & books
0:00 ad (Wren!)
1:10 intro
2:57 The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh
5:00 Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation by Paul Hawken
5:43 1,001 Voices on Climate Change: Everyday Stories of Flood, Fire, Drought, and Displacement from Around the World by Devi Lockwood
7:07 Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-human Landscape by Cal Flyn
8:43 How I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy
9:36 How To Save Our Planet: The Facts by Mark A. Maslin
10:47 Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World by Daniel Sherrell
12:55 Environmental Movements and Politics of the Asian Anthropocene by Paul Jobin; Ming-sho Ho; Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao
14:23 Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge by Erica Gies
15:01 Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson
15:43 Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia by Victor Seow
16:33 Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D.
17:46 This is Vegan Propaganda by Ed Winters
18:52 The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet by Leah Thomas
19:54 outro
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters & https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
I talk about the recent Singapore art week, books I'm reading and my simple skincare routine. it may seem like a pretty boring day, but I kinda like it that way :)
timestamps
0:00 intro
0:43 coffee making! coffee from Nylon (https://nylon.coffee/)
1:48 thoughts on art week & art in general
4:38 behind-the-scenes, reflections on carbon footprint in SG
6:06 books on Burma/Myanmar
9:25 listening to the anthropocene reviewed as an audiobook
10:46 simple skincare routine
13:00 getting ready to head out!
books & resources mentioned:
ifforeststalk.com
Singapore's Carbon Problem: How Far Will We Go To Save The Earth? | Climate Change: A Wicked Problem (youtu.be/uCG2bM9AHFs)
The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century by Thant Myint-U
Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: Witness poems and essays from Burma/Myanmar (1988-2021) (https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/picking-off-new-shoots-will-not-stop-the-spring)
oasisbeautykitchen.com
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
🔈 music 🔈
Cred. Lukrembo
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spend some time with me going through books and artsy outings out
timestamps:
0:00 intro
0:28 ad - Ana Luisa
2:33 books I'm reading
5:13 singapore art week montage
music: 467/8 by yams (pls stream their full album - day/dreams - on spotify or buy it here yamsart.bandcamp.com/album/day-dreams
artists/exhibitions/studios featured in the montage:
facebook.com/TelokKurauStudiosSG
dblspce.com
sites.google.com/craftcouncilsingapore.com/craftcouncilsingapore
instagram.com/kolektif.sg
instagram.com/happyhouse.sg
badimitation.com
https://seafocus.sg/
gajahgallery.com
https://www.artweek.sg/events/for-the-house-against-the-house
https://theforestinstitute.sg/
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
timestamps & books:
0:00 intro
1:43 Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn
2:06 The Flaming Womb: Repositioning Women in Early Modern Southeast Asia by Barbara Watson Andaya
3:13 Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights by Molly Smith & Juno Mac
4:19 Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
5:23 The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries by Kathi Weeks
6:26 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
7:47 Human Acts by Han Kang
8:17 I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
9:16 Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free by Caroline Williams
10:00 Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene by Donna J. Haraway
11:17 Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken
12:17 Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Heather Anne Swanson, Nils Bubandt, Elaine Gan
13:07 The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber
13:48 The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century by Thant Myint-U
14:27 There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness by M. Leona Godin
15:07 A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
16:05 The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri
16:34 Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir by Roz Chast
17:33 Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
18:25 Lurking: How a Person Became a User by Joanne McNeil
19:40 Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
20:39 Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks
21:43 outro
Thank you to the following patrons for supporting my channel!
Marissa Burkland, Tony Jiang, Katharina, Sharon, raycholan, Weston Shuken, Jay Chan, Ryan Foo, Yaiza Canopoli, Miss Rachel Reads & Beto Fuentes
📽 other videos 📽
my top books of 2021 - youtu.be/3jJj-Rpxj7Q
a gentle start to the new year | a casual chill vlog! - youtu.be/pVLrIvFrJig
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
-discord: discord.gg/mkASbaTFV4
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
🔈 music 🔈
Cred. Lukrembo
here are the things I mentioned in the video!
MINDS Singapore - https://www.minds.org.sg/
Jocelynn (watercolour artist) - jocelynng.com
Katherine's video (what is a "good" job? do good jobs even exist??) - youtu.be/BXR4iSvCUI0
The Craftsman by Richard Sennett
Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse? by McKenzie Wark
Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone by Sarah Jaffe
Podcasts - plutobooks.com/blog/podcast-lost-in-work-escaping-capitalism
(there are many more that this author was involved in!)
Thank you to the following patrons for supporting my channel!
Marissa Burkland, Tony Jiang, Katharina, Sharon, raycholan, Weston Shuken, Jay Chan, Ryan Foo, Yaiza Canopoli, Miss Rachel Reads & Beto Fuentes
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
books & timestamps:
0:00 intro
2:04 How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
5:14 In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
7:44 Less is More: How Degrowth will Save the World by Jason Hickel
9:01 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
11:06 Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History edited by Alfian Sa’at, Faris Joraimi, Sai Siew Min
12:23 Singa-Pura-Pura: Malay Speculative Fiction from Singapore edited by Nazry Bahrawi
14:41 The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh
17:25 The Refusal of Work: Rethinking Post-Work Theory and Practice by David Frayne
20:55 The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by J.B. MacKinnon
23:55 The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi
25:35 outro
Other books that didn't make it to my list but were very close!
Tales of Two Planets: Stories of Climate Change and Inequality in a Divided World edited by John Freeman
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash by Eka Kurniawan
A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet by Sarah Jaquette Ray
other videos to check out:
the rise of antiwork | a discussion on work and employment [youtu.be/TrjFMT41gyQ]
The Role of Literature in a Climate Crisis [youtu.be/7bBFp7MuV20]
being ecological | nonfiction books on nature, the environment and ecology [youtu.be/eBiyUprF3Co]
almost everything I read in 2020 | rapid book reviews [youtu.be/NvoJi70VvPY]
Thank you to the following patrons for supporting my channel!
Marissa Burkland, Tony Jiang, Katharina, Sharon, raycholan, Weston Shuken, Jay Chan, Ryan Foo, Yaiza Canopoli, Miss Rachel Reads & Beto Fuentes
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
Comment down below what Singlit/Singapore books you'd like to check out or recommend to me!
Books mentioned:
Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia by Jeevan Vasagar
Liberalism Disavowed by Chua Beng Huat
Air-conditioned Nation by Cherian George
The Last Great Strike by Clement Mesenas
Mobilising Gay Singapore by Lynette J. Chua
SQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century edited by Ng Yi-Sheng
Delayed Rays of a Star by Amanda Lee Koe
The Keepers of Stories by Suffian Hakim
Lost Nostalgia by Mohamed Latiff Mohamed translated by Nazry Bahwari
the sixth sense by Eng Tow
Other books not mentioned but recommended!
Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee Koe
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Gaze Back by Marylyn Tan
The Naysayer's Book Club: 26 Singaporeans You Need to Know by Simon Paul Vincent
Check out Ethos Books here: https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/
Thank you to the following patrons for supporting my channel!
Marissa Burkland, Tony Jiang, Katharina, Sharon, raycholan, Weston Shuken, Jay Chan, Ryan Foo, Yaiza Canopoli, Miss Rachel Reads & Beto Fuentes
other videos you may be interested in:
a book haul update | books on Singapore, environment and more nonfic! [youtu.be/4HtEAcTPaok]
a Singapore book haul | nonfiction & literature picks [youtu.be/4BsGbaxmJz4]
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
🔈 sound samples 🔈
Cred. NDP Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beats (Produced by yams) [youtu.be/8AwUa6zEK5k]
timestamps & books:
0:00 intro
0:36 The Reset: Ideas to Change How We Work and Live by Elizabeth Uviebinené
2:15 Making Kin: Ecofeminist Essays from Singapore edited by Esther Vincent & Angelia Poon
5:17 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
7:11 Move: How Mass Migration will Reshape the World by Parag Khanna
10:25 The Day the World Stops Shopping by J.B. Mackinnon
13:50 outro!
Thank you to the following patrons for supporting my channel!
Tony Jiang, Katharina, Sharon, raycholan, Weston Shuken, Jay Chan, Ryan Foo, Yaiza Canopoli, Miss Rachel Reads & Beto Fuentes
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨
🔈 music 🔈
Cred. Lukrembo
Thank you to the following patrons for supporting my channel!
Tony Jiang, Katharina, Sharon, raycholan, Weston Shuken, Jay Chan, Ryan Foo, Yaiza Canopoli, Miss Rachel Reads & Beto Fuentes
☀️ my socials ☀️
- ig/tiktok: tiktok.com/@anattynook
- podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters
- patreon: patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
- email: anattynook@gmail.com
🧡 about me 🧡
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore 🇸🇬 I like to talk about books - mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they ✨