bean was born: 2017 favorites

Indigenous Women's Sovereignty in the Sonoran and Puget Sound Borderlands, 1854-1946

by Jagodinsky, Katrina

Book - 2016

documents the struggles of six indigenous women in the puget sound & the southwest. incredibly well-researched and respectfully written. the accounts...Show more documents the struggles of six indigenous women in the puget sound & the southwest. incredibly well-researched and respectfully written. the accounts of nora jewell and louisa enick were especially moving to me. please check this out! currently available on the capitol hill library's native american heritage display. Show less

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Steven Universe

[Volume One], Warp Tour

by Gillman, Melanie

Graphic Novel - 2017

if you aren't already obsessed with this show, you should be. i don't always go for the comic format of tv shows, but this issue rules. i cried tears of j...Show more if you aren't already obsessed with this show, you should be. i don't always go for the comic format of tv shows, but this issue rules. i cried tears of joy and adoration throughout. if you want to check out more of melanie gillman (a non-binary comic artist!), look up "as the crow flies", their latest publication about a queer black teen who attends an all-white christian feminist camp. Show less

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Harriet Tubman

The Road to Freedom

by Clinton, Catherine

Book - 2004

this is the first full-length biography of harriet tubman i've ever read. i'm curious to read others and compare them, but for now i found this one very illuminating. the more you learn about harriet tubman's life, the more you will be in awe of her. this is the first full-length biography of harriet tubman i've ever read. i'm curious to read others and compare them, but for now i found this one very illuminating. the more you learn about harriet tubman's life, the more you will be in awe of her. Show less

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Sprawling Heart

by Meynert, Sab

Book - 2016

i like to write bibliocommons reviews. this is the one i wrote for this small, amazing book: "Sprawling Heart is a moving series of illustrations an...Show more i like to write bibliocommons reviews. this is the one i wrote for this small, amazing book: "Sprawling Heart is a moving series of illustrations and texts, that sparks a wide range of emotion in its reader. Highly recommended for anyone in search of a meditative art book with layers of complex detail. Sab Meynert is one of my favorite artists -- their work is full of longing, reverence for nature, and visionary optimism." Show less

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Resistant Islands

Okinawa Confronts Japan and the United States

by McCormack, Gavan

Book - 2012

my family is indigenous to the ryukyuan islands, which has endured colonization from both japan and the united states for many generations. i requested th...Show more my family is indigenous to the ryukyuan islands, which has endured colonization from both japan and the united states for many generations. i requested that SPL buy this book several years ago; i'm proud and so grateful to be part of this lineage of resistance. Show less

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Trauma Stewardship

An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

by Lipsky, Laura van Dernoot

Book - 2009

i know so many of you are in jobs that involve care work and emotional labor. the author speaks directly to us who witness and hold space for traumatized ...Show more i know so many of you are in jobs that involve care work and emotional labor. the author speaks directly to us who witness and hold space for traumatized organisms (from social workers to environmental scientists), and offers us a way to do our work that takes care of ourselves (beyond a superficial "self-care" model). this book has helped me leave more than one incredibly important but soul crushing line of work, and move toward more emotionally sustainable jobs. Show less

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The Lifecycle of Software Objects

by Chiang, Ted

Book - 2010

i wrote another review! "This quick and totally engrossing novella confronts readers with their own benchmarks for empathy, emotional connection, and...Show more i wrote another review! "This quick and totally engrossing novella confronts readers with their own benchmarks for empathy, emotional connection, and sentience. While these may not be totally new questions in the genre (What is sentience? How meaningfully can 'natural' and 'artificial' consciousnesses interact?), The Lifecycle of Software Objects asks a lot more of us than that. To me, one of its most compelling questions is what obligation we have (on societal and personal levels) to care for things that are molded, domesticated, or engineered to provide for us. What SHOULD happen, as technology allows us to more easily create and discard things (organic or inorganic) to satisfy our desires for amusement, companionship, or other emotional sustenance? Ted Chiang is part of a cool lineage of Pacific Northwest speculative fiction writers; I heartily recommend his short story collection, Stories of Your Life and Others." Show less

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