Resources
Book Lists
- A long list of books
- Anti-Oppression Resources
- Free PDF Books on race, gender, sexuality, class, and culture
- Black Queer and Trans Reading List
- Feminist Texts Written by Women of Color
- diversify your queer reads: 2014 books featuring queer people of color
- Readings on Sexuality/Settler Colonialism/Homonationalism/Pinkwashing
- Readings (both books and articles) on gay rights, imperalism, and capitalism
(Recommended) Books
- The Blue Sweater – Jacqueline Novogratz
- decolonizing trans/gender 101 – b. binaohan
Body Positivity
- The Body Positive is an organization dedicated to helping folks end their hatred towards their bodies and work towards a positive relationship with themselves. The organization provides a variety of resources and trainings to help youth and adults and have a book called Embody: Learning To Love Your Unique Body.
- Health At Every Size is a community and a movement dedicated to meeting people where they’re at with their health and realizing that health isn’t synonymous with size.
- She’s All Fat is a body positive podcast with an immense amount of chill vibes and amazing resources. April and Sophie are the hosts of the show and have created a great show and even better community. Episode topics have ranged from being nonbinary and fat, media representation, travel resources, and so much more. The show is funny, hilarious, and all around amazing. Whether you’re new to body positivity and fat acceptance or have been around for some time, this show is definitely a great way to spend some time each week.
Civil Rights
- Know Your Rights from the American Civil Liberties Union
- The ACLU’s page about knowing your rights covers issues like demonstrations and protests, ICE visits, if you’re stopped by the police, voter intimidation, and more.
Classism
- You Can’t Earn a Living on the Minimum Wage – Peter Van Buren
Feminism
White Feminism
- Here are 4 ways to navigate whiteness and feminism without being a white feminist – Madde McClouskey
- How White is Your Feminism?
- To White Feminists Who Don’t Want to Discuss Racism: Here Are 7 Things You Need to Know – Britni de la Cretaz
Intersectional Feminism
- A Look at How Media Writes Women of Color – Victoria Law
- Reclaiming the Word ‘Slut’ Is An Entirely Different Beast for Black Women – Zeba Blay
Feminist Media
- Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman by Lindy West (book)
- At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance-A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle McGuire (book)
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins (book)
- Black Girl Dangerous on Race, Queerness, Class, and Gender by Mia Mckenzie (My review)
- I Am Your Sister by Audre Lorde
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- We Were Feminists Once by Andi Zeisler
- Women, Culture, and Politics by Angela Davis
- Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis
Gender
- Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity – Michael S. Kimmel
- Transgender Studies Quarterly – a non medical academic journal from Duke University
- Resource post for Trans Women
- Nonbinary Resources
General Resources
- Resources Compiled by Phoenix (neoliberalismkills)
- bluestockings magazine resource library
- Resources for Activists
- Allyship and Solidarity Guidelines – Unsettling America
- MTV’s Decoded with Franchesca Ramsey is a YouTube series that explains a wide range of societal issues in an easy to understand way. The show primarily focuses on inequality within the United States and each episode focuses on one specific question or idea. Topics have included racism within the gay community, black hair myths, how racism isn’t just a problem in the US south, and so much more. You can watch all six seasons (soon to be seven!) on MTV’s website or on YouTube. Episode length varies but most are under 7 minutes in length.
Housing
- You Can’t Evict a Movement: Strategies for Housing Justice in the United States– Conor Tomás Reed, Manissa McCleave Maharawal and Alma Sheppard-Matsuo
- QPoC Housing Resources and Initiatives: an incomplete list – complied by marchoftigers on Tumblr
Immigration
Articles
Media
- Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller
Mass Incarceration
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness – Michelle Alexander
Mental Illness
- Mental Illness: How the Media Contributes to Its Stigma – Jarune Uwujaren
- We Demonize Mental Illness So We Won’t Have To Do Anything About It – Samantha Eyler
- 3 Issues that Impact the Mental Health of LGBTQIA+ Youth – Robin J. Landwehr
- Mental Illness is the Wrong Scapegoat After Mass Shootings – Amy Wolf
Queer
- Know Your Rights – Your rights within the workplace and what to do if you experience discrimination
Different Identities/Experiences
- Why I Claim Bisexuality – Eliel Cruz
- An Aromantic Perspective: What It’s Like To Be In a Romantic Relationship – Sara on Flying While Falling Down
- Homonationalism and the Death of the Radical Queer – Haley D. O’Shaughnessy
- Is the Gay Scene Racist? – Stuart Haggas
- Gay Universalism, Homoracialism, and “Marriage for All” – Houria Bouteldja
- Queers of War: Normalizing Lesbians and Gays in the US War Machine – Hilary King
- HRC and the Vulture Fund: Making Third World Poverty Pay for LGBT Rights – Scott Long
Queer Media
- Food 4 Thot (podcast) is “a multiracial mix of queer writers talk sex, relationships, race, identity, what [they] like to read, and who [they] like to read”. The show is entertaining, hilarious, thought-provoking, and a little raunchy at times.
- LGBTQ&A With Jeffery Masters (podcast) is an interview podcast with queer and LGBTQ folks of all kinds. Jeffery Masters is a thoughtful host/interviewer and each episode offers an excellent conversation around identity, queer life, and more.
- Making Gay History (podcast)
- Nancy (podcast)
- Out Here In America
- Queerly Beloved
- Queery with Cameron Esposito
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (book)
- Surpassing Certainty by Janet Mock (book)
- When We Rise by Cleve Jones (book)
Race/Racism Resources
Media
- So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (book)
Articles
- This Is Everyday Racism
- Re: Sick and tired of hearing “source?” or having to explain white privilege and systemic racism?
- The Problem of Colorblindness – Alex Seitz-Wald
- Students Share What It’s Like to be Black at Mizzou – Taryn Finley and Mariah Stewart
- 19 Photos from 2014 That Prove ‘Post-Racial’ America Doesn’t Exist – Aura Bogado
- Dear Christina Fallin
- Whitewashing the Orlando Shooting Victims Only Makes LGBTQ People of Color More Vulnerable to Violence – Michelle Garcia
- 5 Distrubing Stats on Black-White Inequality – Tami Luhby
- Why Food Belongs in Our Discussion on Race – Kristin Wartman
- 24 Actions You NEED to Take to Help Trans Women of Color Survive – Lexi Adsit
- The Horrifying Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools Hasn’t Ended – Here’s What You Need to Know – Taté Walker
- 6 Words and Phrases You Didn’t Know Were Rooted in Racism – Taryn Finley
- This Is What Happens When Black Students Crash a Blackface Frat Party – Jamilah King
Black Lives Matter
- A Ferguson Syllabus: Reading a Movement – Darnell L. Moore
- On White Supremacy and the Anniversary of the Murder of Michael Brown
- This is what white people can do to support #BlackLivesMatter – Sally Kohn
- Why I Don’t Trust People Who Say #AllLivesMatter – Kat Blaque
Understanding White Supremacy/Privilege
- Still Think White Privilege Isn’t Real? These 6 Lessons Will Erase All Doubt. – Leah R. Kyaio
- What White People Might Do to Not be a Shitty White Person – from tumblr user thinkspeakstress
- Why Reverse Racism Isn’t Real – Sara Luckey
- Here are the Real Reasons Why We White People Struggle to Admit that Racism Still Exists – Jamie Utt
- 10 Ways White People are More Racist Than They Realize – Kali Holloway
- 10 Things Everyone Should Know About White Supremacy – Chauncey DeVega
- 10 Examples that Prove White Privilege Protects White People in Every Aspect Imaginable – Jon Greenberg
- 15 youth movements to dismantle white supremacy rising this summer
Religion
- Beyond the headscarf: Let’s discuss social justice issues Muslim women actually care about – Sarah Harvard
Sex Work
Olive (rikodeine on tumblr): learning about sex work and How to support sex workers
Phoenix (neoliberalismkills on tumblr) has a long list of information and resources about sex work and whorephobia, including:
- Things to know if you’re not a sex worker
- Sex workers, language, and slurs
- Her answer to an anonymous question about abuse in the porn industry
Sex Workers Outreach Project USA (SWOP USA), including: ally resources and learn about sex work
Sex work and listening to sex workers, includes following articles:
- 10 things I wish everyone knew about sex workers – Phoenix Calida
- Let’s call sex work what it is: Work – Melissa Gira Grant
- Sex Work Info (on tumblr)
- How to be a *better* ally to sex workers
- We need to decriminalize sex work in the US – Victoria M. Rodriguez-Roldan
Writing
- Writing Tips
- Write World Toolbox
- Writing different characters, jobs, locations, names, quotes, etc.
- Writing genderqueer characters
- Writing characters different from you
- Nimble’s Notebook – their tags range from race to building a world to characters to the mind and the body.