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hello friends (especially UK based white academic flavoured friends) who might be feeling lots of feelings about the #blacklivesmatter 
https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> movement and how to support it. i& #39;ve been thinking quite a lot and these are some ideas that are making me feel a bit less hopeless about it all:
[...am timing this thread during the Cardiff Black Lives Matter protest, which i can& #39;t attend as am not currently in Cardiff. sending all the love and solidarity in the meantime. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✊" title="Raised fist" aria-label="Emoji: Raised fist">] https://twitter.com/hannahpudner/status/1267065578390511616">https://twitter.com/hannahpud...
& #39;Feminism, Interrupted& #39; by @lolaolufemi_ https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340067/feminism-interrupted/">https://www.plutobooks.com/978074534...
To Exist is to Resist, eds @Chess_Ess & @AkwugoEmejulu https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745339474/to-exist-is-to-resist/">https://www.plutobooks.com/978074533...
& #39;What We’re Told Not to Talk About (But We’re Going to Anyway): Women’s Voices from East London to Ethiopia& #39; by @NimkoAli https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/301612/what-we_re-told-not-to-talk-about--but-were-going-to-anyway-/9780241292624.html">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/301...
& #39;It& #39;s Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race& #39;, edited by Mariam Khan https://www.waterstones.com/book/its-not-about-the-burqa/mariam-khan/9781509886425">https://www.waterstones.com/book/its-...
& #39;Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race& #39; by @renireni - this is recommended a lot but i& #39;m specifically mentioning it now because it completely dismantled my naive assumption that racist police brutality isn& #39;t as much of a problem in the UK https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870587/">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im...
& #39;White Girls& #39; by Hilton Als https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/308/308056/white-girls/9780141987293.html">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/308...
finally, although not a writer of colour, @alisonphipps& #39;s & #39;Me Not You& #39; is an essential read re white feminism & political whiteness. also if anyone has further recommendations i& #39;d love to hear them! https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526147172/ ">https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152614...
2. supporting @artsemergency, a UK-based charity helping marginalised young people access creative & academic industries. please consider signing up as a mentor (don& #39;t think i& #39;m quite at that stage of my career yet!) or donating monthly like i am :)" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤝" title="Handshake" aria-label="Emoji: Handshake"> 2. supporting @artsemergency, a UK-based charity helping marginalised young people access creative & academic industries. please consider signing up as a mentor (don& #39;t think i& #39;m quite at that stage of my career yet!) or donating monthly like i am :)" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
3. becoming it a pay-it-forward member of @galdemzine, who are committed to telling the stories of women & nonbinary people of colour. their book reccs are also https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗞️" title="Rolled-up newspaper" aria-label="Emoji: Rolled-up newspaper"> 3. becoming it a pay-it-forward member of @galdemzine, who are committed to telling the stories of women & nonbinary people of colour. their book reccs are also https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
there was talk of a JOMEC reading group before the Bad Times. in the new academic year this is something i& #39;d like to dedicate time & resources to engaging with and perhaps help to set up a decolonisation chapter.
