To wrap up Black History Month, Kyrie and AJ discuss their recent reads by Black authors. A reminder here to diversify your bookshelves, read authors of color, and expand your worldview with differing perspectives.
Content warnings: brief discussions of police brutality, fat phobia, eating disorders, and sexual assault.
Theme music by seven-time state bird.
References:
The White Feminism of Barbie by Jessie Gender: https://youtu.be/ucyDC8mlc2s?si=jFZ96vphnVkmgehB
Books:
Belly of the Beast by Dashaun Harrison
Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward (spoilers)
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Bad Feminist Essays by Roxane Gay
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (spoilers)
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea
Other Media:
Grey's Anatomy
Veronica Mars
Love is Blind
The Summer I Turned Pretty