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But What If Instead You Didn't Read Another White Dude
strandbooks:
So it’s Women’s History Month, and you’d like to read some female authors. “But where do I start?” You cry. Your high school reading list was a long line of white dudes and your college syllabi weren’t all that different, and you can only reread Pride and Prejudice so many times. It’s okay: we’ve got you covered. As a starter pack, here’s a few famous books by male authors, paired with a book by a female author you could read instead.
Jack Kerouac, On the Road → Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Kerouac’s famous stream-of-consciousness ode to the beat generation is one of the classic travel narratives of American literature. Solnit also contemplates travel, but from a very different perspective. Her book addresses the issues of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown. Less a work of theory than a conversation with a friend, Solnit draws to the heart of what compels us to wander - “a series of peregrinations, leading the reader to unexpected vistas.” (New Yorker)
Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms → Djuna Barnes, Nightwood
Ernest Hemingway’s first novel is about the romance between an expatriate ambulance driver and an English nurse, thinly based on his own experience during World War I. Nightwood, published in 1936, is also a modernist novel focusing on Robin Vote and the American Nora Flood, two women seeking inner peace in their relationship with each other. Djuna Barnes dwells on both the glory and isolation that come with being an outsider, and her novel is also based partly on Barnes’ own life.
Jonathan Franzen, Purity → Rachel Cusk, Outline
Franzen’s most recent novel focuses on the journey of young woman Pip (real name Purity) and her journey to figure out her identity. Rachel Cusk’s novel, told in ten conversations, draws a spare portrait of a novelist teaching creative writing in Athens, seeking to come to terms with a tragedy in her past. Her elegant prose and highly intelligent writing create a compelling portrait of how we hide ourselves from others.
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian → Gil Adamson, The Outlander
Like Cormac McCarthy’s dark, hyper-violent Western, The Outlander takes place in the early 19th century in southern Alberta. About a woman who flees into the wilderness after murdering her husband, Adamson also dwells on the hardships and brutality of the American West, but from the point of view of a female protagonist trying to escape her vengeful pursuers, retreating ever deeper into the wilderness of both the mountains and herself.
John Updike, Rabbit, Run → Elizabeth Strout, My Name is Lucy Barton
Updike is well known for writing portraits of the lives of the small town middle class. My Name is Lucy Barton is a book about the relationship between an estranged mother and daughter and the complicated love between them. Her style is undramatic and never sentimental, focusing on that which is often unspoken and only implied to create a subtle portrait of two small town women.
Norman Mailer, An American Dream → Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
Frequently both called authors of “creative nonfiction”, Norman Mailer’s book follows a decorated war-hero as he descends into murderous insanity, while Joan Didion writes about an unfulfilled New York actress telling her story from a psychiatric institute after a mental breakdown. Joan Didion dwells compellingly on themes of alienation and the breakdown of the elite, and the disintegration of American culture and morals.
Charles Bukowski, The Pleasures of the Damned, Poems 1951-1993 → Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems
Anne Sexton’s deeply personal, confessional poetry can be compared with Bukowski’s writing on his relationships with women, alcohol, and writing. Anne Sexton’s poetry was frequently daring, dwelling on taboo topics such as abortion, menstruation, adultery, and drug addiction in a dramatic, sometimes rough voice.
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath → Carola Dibbell, The Only Ones
In the 30s, John Steinbeck addressed economic injustice in his story of a family of Dust Bowl migrants struggling to make their way. Carola Dibbel writes a modern day story grappling with modern inequality, set in a near future plagued by disease and disparity, centering around a woman who finds herself at the mercy of dubious experimentation just to survive.
Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land → Octavia Butler, Lilith’s Brood
Instead of picking up Robert Heinlein’s science fiction story about a strange man from Mars who teaches Earthlings his customs, try Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis Trilogy (published in one volume as Lilith’s Brood) about Lilith Iyapo and the Oankali, an alien race seeking to save the Earth by merging with mankind, and the struggles of humankind of maintain their own culture and identity while mercing with another species. Lilith’s Brood exhibits all of Butler’s deep understanding of human strengths and flaws.
George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire → Robin Hobb, Farseer Trilogy
An epic fantasy that, like the A Song of Ice and Fire series, features complex and treacherous politics and deeply flawed characters, Robin Hobb’s series tells the story of a prince’s bastard son, trained as an assassin, who finds himself caught up - and overwhelmed by - the intrigues of the powerful people around him - all while the strange menace of the Red Ship Raiders continues to threaten the Six Duchies.
LGBTQIA YA Novels Where the Focus Isn't On Coming Out
nitatyndall:
While I believe “coming out” narratives are important, they cannot be the only narrative queer people see themselves in. So, I started this list of LGBTQIA YA books that aren’t about coming out.
This list is a work-in-progress, and I cannot personally vouch for every book on this list. If you believe a book shouldn’t be on here, or if you have a suggestion, please message me and I will look into it.
I have four criteria:
The novel must be young adult/for teens.
This is the last time I will say this, as I am only taking suggestions for YA. Song of Achilles is an adult novel and will not be added.
Coming out could be a part of the plot but could not be the whole focus
The protagonist/MC had to identify as queer/LGBT.
The story could not be known to be biphobic or transphobic (which is why The Bermudez Triangle isn’t on here, also before you ask. Also bisexual-books has a great response to that book in particular, but this is not the place for that discussion.)
Realistic Fiction: Lesbian MC
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
Girl Mans Up by M. E. Girard
The Summer I Wasn’t Me by Jess Verdi
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield (TW: self harm and sexual abuse)
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
Starting from Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner
Gravel Queen by Tea Bendhun
What We Left Behind by Robin Talley (also contains genderqueer MC)
This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Realistic Fiction: Gay MC
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour
Gone Gone Gone by Hannah Moskowitz
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Sprout by Dale Peck
One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva
Here’s to You, Zeb Pike by Johanna Parkhurst
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa
Realistic Fiction: Asexual MC
This Song Is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin
Realistic Fiction: Transgender MC
Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Realistic Fiction: Bisexual MC
Far from You by Tess Sharpe
Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz
Run by Kody Keplinger
Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Hepperman
How To Make A Wish by Ashley Herring Blake
Speculative Fiction: Lesbian MC
Huntress by Malinda Lo
Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward
The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
Valhalla by Ari Bach
Speculative Fiction: Bisexual MC
Love In the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
The Island of Excess Love by Francesca Lia Block
Ash by Malinda Lo
Adaptation by Malinda Lo
Inheritance by Malinda Lo
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
Coda by Emma Trevayne
Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
Pantomime by Laura Lam (also includes an intersex protagonist)
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Fire by Kristin Cashore
A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith
27 Hours by Tristina Wright
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
Speculative Fiction: Gay MC
Proxy by Alex London
More Than This by Patrick Ness
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
More Happy than Not by Adam Silvera
Chicken by Chase Night
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
Historical Fiction: Lesbian MC
Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Queer/Not Otherwise Specified MC:
The Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea - Speculative Fiction
Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate
Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Cary -
Brooklyn Burning - Steve Brezenoff
lgbtcinema:
MOONLIGHT (2016) dir Barry Jenkins - The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
movies you can support instead of seeing birth of a nation
boyega-john:
Queen of Katwe (2016), dir. Mira Nair
Directed by Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay, Mississippi Masala) and starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, Queen of Katwe tells the true story of Phiona Mutesi, a young girl from Uganda who dreams of becoming a world chess champion. In cinemas now
Metacritic score: 73 RT score: 91% Trailer here
Fences (2016), dir. Denzel Washington
Directed and staring Denzel Washington as well as Viola Davis, Fences is a movie set in 50s Pittsburgh about an African-American father dealing with race relations in the US and the events of his life. Out on December 25
Trailer here
Moonlight (2016), dir. Barry Jenkins
Moonlight is the heartbreaking story of a young gay black man living in Miami struggling to come to terms with his identity, told across three different chapters of his life, from childhood to adulthood. Directed by Barry Jenkins and starring Mahershala Ali, Andre Holland, Naomie Harris. Out on December 21st
Metacritic score: 98 RT score: 98% Trailer here
13th (2016), dir. Ava DuVernay
Directed by Ava DuVernay, 13th is a beautifully constructed and essential documentary which offers an in depth look at the prison system in the United States and explores the country’s history of racial inequality. Available on Netflix now
Metacritic score: 91 RT: 98% Trailer here
Hidden Figures (2017), dir. Theodore Melfi
Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octovia Spencer and Janelle Monae, Hidden Figures is the untold story of three women working at NASA who were responsible for making the program’s first space mission a success. Out on January 13
Trailer here
A United Kingdom (2017), dir. Amma Asante
Directed by Amma Asante, A United Kingdom is the first movie directed by a Black British director to open the London Film Festival. Based on true events, the movie focuses on the interracial relationship between Seretse Khama, the King of Botswana, and Ruth Williams, a white London office worker and the consequences this relationship will have on both their countries. Out on February 17
Metacritic score: 67 RT: 90%
“I Am Not Your Negro” (2016), dir. Raoul Peck
From the Toronto International Film Festival website: “Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck (Moloch Tropical, Murder in Pacot) creates a stunning meditation on what it means to be Black in America.” Samuel L. Jackson narrates the documentary.
punchabitch:
If you’re interested in reading Assata Shakur’s Autobiography you can download the full PDF version here
fandomshatepeopleofcolor:
White people are more likely to get hired because their names sounds white.
White kids are punished less for the same behavior than black kids
White convicts are more likely to get a job than black people without records.
A white person with no college degree is just as like to get hired as a black person with a college degree
All white juries (it’s starts on page 11) are more likely to convict black criminals than white ones.
Black people are more likely to be stopped and frisked than white people even though they have a higher drug usage than us.
White people (majority of doctors) think that black people feel less pain
Black people get longer sentences than white people
White people use the majority of drugs but black people go to jail longer. This talks more about why our jails and prison are full of black and poor people
White people push for harsher laws when they think it will affect black people
Black people are more likely to get death penalty if their victim is white vs white people if their victims is Black. (Really it applies to all races. Any race that isn’t Black is less likely to get the death penalty if their victim is Black.)
Since this is much longer than the others if you scroll down to figure 5 and read the information about it that’s where this is detailed but the whole thing is a good read.
Reblogging this to here because I can never find examples of white privilege and systematic oppression when I go searching for it in our blog or my personal one.
the-movemnt:
Whatever happened to no taxation without representation? Gabe’s got the story on Puerto Rico: