discussing the republic of consciousness prize shortlist with anna-marie! butch poetics 2021-03-31 | hi my name is amanda (they/them) π§this definitely has the same slightly chaotic energy as hanging out with me and anna-marie hahaanna-marie @ actual spinsters channel: youtube.com/c/TheNasturtiums/featuredremember to check out the queer futures book club: instagram.com/queer_futur...βlinks!! donate to homeless black trans women: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-b...β...communities united against police brutality: cuapb.org/βββββββthe uk qtibipoc hardship fund: gf.me/u/x3jqw9βββββββsex worker advocacy and resistance movement hardship fund: swarmcollective.org/donat...βblack minds matter uk: gf.me/u/x59z4dβββββββsupport k: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-k-...β...link that splits your donation to 70 different orgs including bail funds: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bai...β...fund black and indigenous GNC communities impacted by incarceration: https://chuffed.org/project/support-b...β...the republic of consciousness prize: republicofconsciousness.com/2021-prizethe longlist:a ghost in the throat by doireann nΓ ghrΓofaalindarka's children by alhierd bachareviΔmen and apparitions by lynne tillmanthe mermaid of black conch by monique roffeylote by shola von reinholdunknown language by hildegard of bingen and huw lemmeymr beethoven by paul griffiths mordew (cities of the weft #1) by alex pheby the appointment by katharina volckmera musical offering by luis sagasti
a big book haul! (hi im back) ⨠butch poetics 2022-05-15 | hi my name is amanda he/theylet me know if you have read any of these!books mentioned:collected short stories by e.m forstermanhunt by gretchen felker-martinthe dialectic of sex: the case for feminist revolutionby shulamith firestoneorlando by virginia woolfour wives under the sea by julia armfielddetransition, baby by torrey petersmatrix by lauren groffspill: scenes of black feminist fugitivity by alexis pauline gumbsas we have always done: indigenous freedom through radical resistance(indigenous americas) by leanne betasamosake simpson transgender warriors: making history from joan of arc to marsha p. johnson and beyond by leslie feinbergdark room: san francisco sex and protest, 1988-2003 by phyllis christopherjorda, min mor by nils-aslak valkeapÀÀtimes square red, times square blue by samuel r. delanydawn by octavia e. butlereartheater by dolores reyesall incomplete by stefano harney and fred motenfood justice: a primer by saryta rodriguezgrievers (black dawn series #1) by adrienne maree brownfeminism, interrupted: disrupting power (outspoken) by lola olufemi
friday reads πΈ sci-fi and communist lesbians! butch poetics 2021-09-10 | hi my name is amanda (they/them) π§cc will be added soon! (im having a hard time looking at the screen due to migraines, but am slowly working my way through captioning the videos i have not captioned yet!)remember to check out the queer futures book club: https://www.instagram.com/queer_futur...links!! medical aid for palestinians: https://linktr.ee/MedicalAidforPalest...donate to homeless black trans women: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-b......communities united against police brutality: cuapb.org/ββββββββββββthe uk qtibipoc hardship fund: gf.me/u/x3jqw9ββββββββββββsex worker advocacy and resistance movement hardship fund: https://www.swarmcollective.org/donat...black minds matter uk: gf.me/u/x59z4dββββββββββββ another gaze's films by palestinian women: https://www.another-screen.com/films-...books mentioned: islands of decolonial love: stories & songs by leanne betasamosake simpsonunquenchable fire by rachel pollackvelocity weapon by megan e. o'keefe valentine ackland: a transgressive life by frances binghamhildegard av bingens urtehage by randi gunderson genz
my favourite books of 2021 so far! π± butch poetics 2021-08-14 | edit: the gilda stories was published in 1991 not 1999 hi my name is amanda (they/them) π§cc will be added soon! (im having a hard time looking at the screen due to migraines, but am slowly working my way through captioning the videos i have not captioned yet!)remember to check out the queer futures book club: https://www.instagram.com/queer_futur...videos mentioned:njeri @ ONYX pages' interview with nisi shawl (and review of everfair):youtube.com/watch?v=6n4DlouxAYcalso, me wanting to do a video talking about my favourite sff novellas is inspired by angela @ literature science alliance's video:youtube.com/watch?v=XD6q3-wiS7Qlinks!! medical aid for palestinians: https://linktr.ee/MedicalAidforPalest...donate to homeless black trans women: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-b......communities united against police brutality: cuapb.org/ββββββββββββthe uk qtibipoc hardship fund: gf.me/u/x3jqw9ββββββββββββsex worker advocacy and resistance movement hardship fund: https://www.swarmcollective.org/donat...black minds matter uk: gf.me/u/x59z4dββββββββββββ another gaze's films by palestinian women: https://www.another-screen.com/films-...books mentioned: everfair by nisi shawldetransition, baby by torrey petersunknown language by hildegard von bingen and huw lemmeythe gilda stories by jewelle gomezstates of the body produced by love by nisha ramayyaprimeval and other times by olga tokarczuksorrowland by rivers solomonthe seep by chana porterassata: and autobiography by assata shakurluster by raven leilani
summer book haul π» some of my most anticipated releases of the year! butch poetics 2021-07-14 | hi my name is amanda (they/them) π§cc will be added soon! (im having a hard time looking at the screen due to migraines, but am slowly working my way through captioning the videos i have not captioned yet!)remember to check out the queer futures book club: https://www.instagram.com/queer_futur...channels mentioned njeri @ ONYX pages: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_re...links!! medical aid for palestinians: https://linktr.ee/MedicalAidforPalest...donate to homeless black trans women: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-b......communities united against police brutality: cuapb.org/ββββββββββββthe uk qtibipoc hardship fund: gf.me/u/x3jqw9ββββββββββββsex worker advocacy and resistance movement hardship fund: https://www.swarmcollective.org/donat...black minds matter uk: gf.me/u/x59z4dββββββββββββ another gaze's films by palestinian women: https://www.another-screen.com/films-...books mentioned: butter honey pig bread by francesca ekwuyasidear senthuran by akwaeke emezijonny appleseed by joshua whiteheadthe sunflower cast a spell to save us from the void by jackie wang(the video i was talking about: youtube.com/watch?v=ma6y2IFDfUY&t=1s)new suns: original speculative fiction by people of color edited by nisi shawl100 boyfriends by brontez purnellblack marxism: the making of the black radical tradition by cedric j. robinsonwayward lives beautiful experiments: intimate histories of riotous black girls, troublesome women, and queer radicals by saidiya hartman
some of my favourite underrated queer sff books β¨ #QueerLitRead butch poetics 2021-05-22 | cc will be added soon!hi my name is amanda (they/them) π§remember to check out the queer futures book club: https://www.instagram.com/queer_futur...links!! medical aid for palestinians: https://linktr.ee/MedicalAidforPalest...donate to homeless black trans women: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-b......communities united against police brutality: cuapb.org/ββββββββββββthe uk qtibipoc hardship fund: gf.me/u/x3jqw9ββββββββββββsex worker advocacy and resistance movement hardship fund: https://www.swarmcollective.org/donat...black minds matter uk: gf.me/u/x59z4dββββββββββββbooks mentioned:everfair by nisi shawlthe unspoken name by a.k. lark woodmetabolize, if able by clay adsisters of the vast black by lina rather salt fish girl by larissa lai
sorrowland reading vlog 𧑠my most anticipated book of the year! butch poetics 2021-05-07 | cc will be added soon!hi my name is amanda (they/them) π§remember to check out the queer futures book club: instagram.com/queer_futur...βlinks!! donate to homeless black trans women: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-b...β...communities united against police brutality: cuapb.org/ββββββββββββthe uk qtibipoc hardship fund: gf.me/u/x3jqw9ββββββββββββsex worker advocacy and resistance movement hardship fund: swarmcollective.org/donat...βblack minds matter uk: gf.me/u/x59z4dββββββββββββchannels mentioned:anna-marie @ actual spinster: youtube.com/user/TheTwoEnglishGirlsbooks mentioned:sorrowland by rivers solomonprimeval and other times by olga tokarczukassata: an autobiography by assata shakurthe freezer door by mattilda bernstein sycamoremycelium running: how mushrooms can help save the world by paul stametsthe deep by rivers solomonan unkindness of ghosts by rivers solomon#booktubesff
to boldly go book tag! π butch poetics 2021-03-26 | hi my name is amanda (they/them) π§remember to check out the queer futures book club: instagram.com/queer_futur...βlinks!! donate to homeless black trans women: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-b...β...communities united against police brutality: cuapb.org/ββββββthe uk qtibipoc hardship fund: gf.me/u/x3jqw9ββββββsex worker advocacy and resistance movement hardship fund: swarmcollective.org/donat...βblack minds matter uk: gf.me/u/x59z4dββββββsupport k: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-k-...β...link that splits your donation to 70 different orgs including bail funds: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bai...β...fund black and indigenous GNC communities impacted by incarceration: https://chuffed.org/project/support-b...β...ariel @ she wants the diction's original video: youtube.com/watch?v=vZ-iO2PsVMo&t=259sthe prompts:live long and prosper: a book that benefitted your wellbeing heβs dead, jim!: the last book you DNFedmind meld: a book that messed with your headcaptainβs log: a book written in epistolary formatreplicator: a book that reminds you of another booktricorder: a book with multiple perspectivestime warp: a book from your pastcommunicator: a book someone recommended you, plus a book youβd recommend themorion slave girl: a book with problematic elementskobayashi maru: an extremely challenging bookbooks mentioned:the ZAD and noTAV: territorial struggles and the making of a new political intelligence by mauvaise troupe collectiveseverance by ling macarceral capitalism by jackie wang (the essay mentioned:liesjournal.net/volume1-10-againstinnocence.html)wings by mikhail kuzminthe picture of dorian gray by oscar wildea memory called empire by arkady martinethe albertine workout by anne carsonlast words from montmartre by qiu miaojinthe dragon keeper by robin hobbescaping exodus by nicky draydendhalgren by samuel r. delaneysexual hegemony: statecraft, sodomy, and capital in the rise of the world system by christopher chitty, edited by max fox i tag:anna-marie @ actual spinster: youtube.com/channel/UC8ME_PuH-yeH4tWy1XLytmw#booktubesff
review | detransition, baby π (spoiler free!) butch poetics 2021-03-03 | hi my name is amanda (they/them) π§links!! donate to homeless black trans women: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-bβββ...communities united against police brutality: cuapb.org/βββthe uk qtibipoc hardship fund: gf.me/u/x3jqw9βββsex worker advocacy and resistance movement hardship fund: swarmcollective.org/donateβββblack minds matter uk: gf.me/u/x59z4dβββsupport k: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-k-βββ...link that splits your donation to 70 different orgs including bail funds: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/baiβββ...fund black and indigenous GNC communities impacted by incarceration: https://chuffed.org/project/support-bβββ...other reviews of the book: bookforum.com/print/2801/torrey-peters-s-trans-love-triangle-24386observer.com/2021/01/loss-and-laughs-torrey-peters-detransition-baby4columns.org/milks-megan/detransition-babyyou can read more of peters' work here as a pdf: torreypeters.com/book/infect-your-friends-and-loved-onesbooks mentioned:detransition, baby by torrey peters
favourite books of 2020 | the 10 weirdest & queerest books of the year butch poetics 2021-01-09 | hi my name is amanda (they/them) π§links!! donate to homeless black trans women: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-b...communities united against police brutality: cuapb.orgthe uk qtibipoc hardship fund: gf.me/u/x3jqw9sex worker advocacy and resistance movement hardship fund: swarmcollective.org/donateblack minds matter uk: gf.me/u/x59z4dsupport k: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-k-...link that splits your donation to 70 different orgs including bail funds: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bai...fund black and indigenous GNC communities impacted by incarceration: https://chuffed.org/project/support-b...books mentioned:salt fish girl by larissa lai the tiger flu by larissa laifreshwater by akwaeke emezithe four profound weaves by r.b lembergentangled life by merlin sheldrakethe obelisk gate by n.k. jemisinthe priory of the orange tree by samatha shannonwe both laughed in pleasure: the selected diaries of lou sullivan 1961-1991 edited by ellis martin and zach ozmathe undying: a meditation on modern illness by anne boyergarments against women by anne boyeran unkindness of ghosts by rivers solomonthe deep by rivers solomonlote by shola von reinhold
trans and non-binary book recommendations butch poetics 2020-09-18 | hi my name is amanda (they/them) π§links!! donate to homeless black trans women: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-b...communities united against police brutality: cuapb.orgthe uk qtibipoc hardship fund: gf.me/u/x3jqw9sex worker advocacy and resistance movement hardship fund: swarmcollective.org/donateblack minds matter uk: gf.me/u/x59z4dsupport k: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-k-...link that splits your donation to 70 different orgs including bail funds: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bai...fund black and indigenous GNC communities impacted by incarceration: https://chuffed.org/project/support-b...books mentioned:freshwater by akwaeke emezipet by akwaeke emezithe order of the pure moon reflected in water by zen cho the four profound weaves by r.b lembergpsycho nymph exile by porpentine heartscape the black tides of heaven by neon yang the time is a thing a body moves through and unkindness of ghosts by rivers solomon the well of loneliness by radclyffe hall (the bad gays episode: badgayspod.podbean.com/e/radclyffe-hall)confessions of the fox by jordy rosenbergwe both laughed in pleasure: the selected diaries of lou sullivan 1961-1991 edited by ellis martin and zach ozma
