Biased History
Wanting to understand the enduring power of the myth of the Confederate “Lost Cause,” comedian CJ Hunt expanded what was originally a satirical internet video into an insightful documentary. Set against the New Orleans City Council’s 2015 vote to take down four Confederate monuments, The Neutral Ground explores hard truths of our nation’s past. ITVS.
Care Work
In Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change, writer Angela Garbes weaves social analysis and personal experience as a first-generation Filipina American to expand our understanding of caregiving in the U.S. and offer a revolutionary view of the future of family life. Harper Wave.
Reclamation
Gregory D. Smithers’ Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal, and Sovereignty in Native America illuminates the history of Indigenous North Americans who embodied both the masculine and feminine before colonizers arrived. Smithers traces Indigenous resistance to centuries of gendered colonial violence. Beacon Press.
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