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Books that changed my thinking
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items Each of these books changed the way that I think about the world, in diverse and profound ways.
This book was recommended to me when my wife and I were planning our wedding, and it helped us think more deeply about the kind if event we wanted to have, and about what it means to gather in community more generally. I would definitely recommend if...
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
I got this book during Covid. It's an incredible visual walk through what it is to live during an apocalyptic moment. It's cathartic and it's beautiful and it's terrifying all at the same time.
Ain't Burned All the Bright by Reynolds & Griffin
I listened to the audiobook of this, and it was incredible. It changed the way that I think about emotion, both my own and those of my loved ones
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
This book is often recommended, and for good reason. I first read it in a course on Indigenous Lifeways, and it helped me to rethink what I was taught about Indigenous cosmologies and decolonization.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
This book pushed me to rethink labour from a feminist perspective, and particularly to reconsider my thoughts on care work.
Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Written by two geographers who I've looked up to for a long time, this book allowed me to rethink what is an ‘economy.’ It challenges the dominant thinking of economies as operating at large scales, with capitalism and socialism as pillars, and inste...
The Handbook of Diverse Economies by J.K Gibson-Graham
Every time I feel hopeless about the state of the world, I reinvigorate myself with this book. It outlines how activist work can indeed create big change, as each grassroots efforts puts another crack in capitalism.
Crack Capitalism by John Holloway
This book guides a lot of my academic work, and offers an entirely new way of thinking about the ways that we can create commons. If you've ever said, ‘I wish I could just go live on a commune with my friends’ you'll love this book lol. It's also not...
Free, Fair and Alive by David Bollier and Silke Helfrich
This book by Naomi (who I've met and is AMAZING) is an incredible outline of the way that capitalism is ruining us, and how we might get ourselves out of the mess.
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
A collection of chapters by different authors exploring colonization in Palestine and so-called Canada. It has shaped the way that I think about indigeneity across geographic spaces, from Turtle Island to Palestine.
Canada as a Settler Colony on the Question of Palestine by Jeremy Wildeman & M. Muhannad Ayyash
This book offers such a great look into the queer history of Toronto, and changed the way that I think about spaces as I move through the city.
Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer
My wife (who's Mexican) recommends this book, as it teaches a great deal about Indigeneity in Mexico, and changed her thinking on what it means to exist in contemporary Mexico.
Mexico: From Olmecs To Aztecs by Coe & Koontz