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“’Anti-racism’ is a noun but urgency requires us to treat it as a verb, I say. It means taking your awareness and turning it into action. Into doing something concrete. And then to keep doing it.”
We Need Diverse Books social media manager JoAnn Yao wrote about the Atlanta shooting, growing up Asian in Georgia, & how both solidarity and joy can be found while drawing a cartography of self. See below for our resources on how to take action, stand against anti-Asian racism, and #StopAsianHate.
CW: Mention of Atlanta shooting. Full list of warnings at beginning of essay.
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Asian Books & Authors:
Asian Author Alliance’s Kidlit Directory – “A Directory of Asian Kidlit Authors as a way to help others discover and amplify Asian voices and stories!”
KiBooka – site by author Linda Sue Park that showcases kids’ books (picture, Middle Grade, and Young Adult) and their Korean American + Korean Diaspora authors
Asian-Owned Bookstores:
Maomi Bookstore (Chamblee, GA)
Femme Fire Books (Jacksonville, FL)
Arkipelago Books (San Francisco, CA)
Bel Canto Books (Long Beach, CA)
Eastwind Books (Berkeley, CA)
Giant Robot Store (Los Angeles, CA)
A Good Used Book (Los Angeles, CA)
The Lev (Los Angeles, CA)
Philippine Expressions Bookstore (San Pedro, CA)
Kinokuniya (Various)
The Asian American Curriculum Project (San Mateo, CA) – proceeds from sales also support their nonprofit, which works to “bring a wide variety of Asian American curriculum materials to schools, libraries, and the general public.”
Atlanta-based AAPI Organizations:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta – “the first and only nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) in Georgia and the Southeast.”
Center for Pan Asian Community Services – “Established as the first and largest Asian and Pacific Islander health and human service agency in the Southeast region, CPACS has been providing its core groups of services to immigrant and refugee families in Georgia since 1980.”
Fundraisers & Action Items:
Verified Atlanta shooting victim fundraisers
GoFundMe-organized AAPI Community Fund
Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Atlanta Fund for the victims and their families
Anti-Asian Violence Resources – includes statistics, bystander trainings, mental health resources, and more
Asian Americans, A PBS Documentary – “a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever… Told through intimate personal stories, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played.”
Stop AAPI Hate – nonprofit that tracks incidents of hate and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.
The Asian American Curriculum Project – “Our mission is to educate the public about the great diversity of the Asian American experience through book distribution, cultural awareness, and educating Asian Americans about their own heritage, thus instilling a sense of pride.”
i knew this conceptually, but like you dont really KNOW that public school is designed to set you up to be a good worker bee until you're cracking out a report, after hours, at 7 pm on a monday night and it hits you; oh, i'm doing homework, this is why they made me do homework, and suddenly i'm feeling it in my chest. i cant believe i was raised by the state to be an automaton, and worse, i am one of the lucky robots who isn't doing manual labor.
Cognitive Distortion Can Lead To Feeling Overwhelmed | Well+Good
Sir please thats my emotional support stack of books that i havent read
The em dash is rich with power. But you’ll lose yourself.
mr darcy lived in derbyshire so he sounds like. lizzeh. ah lov yew moost ahhdentleh
Can’t Read Anything over 200 Pages? Here’s 5 Books for You.
1. The Vegetarian by Han Kang (tr. Deborah Smith)
188 pages
A story about a dutiful whose decision to stop eating meat sends her family spiraling in all directions.
2. A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
192 pages
An aging Japanese woman is now alone in England after her husband’s death. As she looks back on her memories, they start to become less stable.
3. Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera (tr. Lisa Dillman)
128 pages
This book reads like you’re going in and out of reality, balancing on the borders of life.
4. Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
125 pages
You like Shape of Water? Well, this book was written in the 80′s and it’s full of mystery, frog-men, and betrayal.
5. Winter in the Blood by James Welch
160 pages
A young man living on a reservation in Montana feels disconnected and is searching for a bond between his culture, history, and tribe.
i love chris fleming
I’m always Very Concerned for people who have their mugs precariously balanced on their beds in book photos.
Making progress on your health and yourself will help your make progress on your dreams too! 🌟
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Flowers blooming time lapse
The life of a bookworm.
Nighttime brain snacks
Breathtaking The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings illustration by Jian Guo also known as breathing2004
Planning for the future with my favorite planner from Lavendaire. So glad to have it after its turbulent journey on the high seas.
Gift for myself, "Lady Tarot Cards - LGBT+/POC tarot deck featuring women and non-binary people" @ladytarotcards
Toni Morrison (1931–2019), U.S. author and editor (right), and Angela Davis (b. 1944), U.S. author, academic, political activist, one of the authors Morrison edited at Random House publishing company, photographed by Jill Krementz on March 28, 1974 in New York City
for yesterday’s @guardian review
Hamlet adaptation where Hamlet is a vlogger and all his soliloquies are breakdowns he uploads to YouTube
My cat's really been into cottage core, lately.
Breaking Glass Ceilings
I do like that this pandemic has got us all greeting each other like Jane Austen characters- “You are well, I hope? And your family? All in good health?”
I’ll take any lucks I can get.
so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god