โ๐ช๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ญ, ๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ.โ //โฃ
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I like to think of myself and Hermione Granger as one and the same, and thus I have also adopted her life mantra. In life, whenever I have faced an unknown or a void in my knowledge, whether it be on British Royal Family official titles, backyard landscaping, or the fictional perspective of middle class women in nineteenth-century Brazil, I seek guidance from my public library and my favorite bookstores. This summer, my goal is to better understand the experience of BIPOC across the world, the effects of my white privilege and inherent racial biases, and how to become a better ally, both in fiction and nonfiction. Thanks to posts from @book_girl_magic, @thestackspod, @bluestockingsnyc, and @absorbedinpages, I now can establish an epic summer reading list. โฃ
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Iโm not sure what I can say that hasnโt already been said more beautifully and eloquently . Honestly, Iโm too angry over the recent events and embarrassed over my own privileged ignorance to post much beyond the high quality posts of others. If Iโve learned anything from the events of this week (and the past 400 years of history), I now understand that sometimes itโs better to not speak and instead silently do the work - to read, and listen, and learn how to be a better ally. And, well, to head to the library.โฃ
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I failed for a long time to speak out of fear of saying the wrong thing or angering someone, or to appear performative - but itโs time to swallow my pride, get over it, and make those mistakes in real time. This is just a sampling of my summer reading list of the books I already own - some of which Iโve read before, but a woeful majority have gone unread on my shelves for entirely too long. Thereโs a number of books on my syllabus that I havenโt been able to purchase or borrow from my library yet, but I am also open to any recommendations in case they are not included on my list yet. May this be a socially distanced summer of growth and empathy and change.
