I Deserve Kindness: Self Care as Political Warfare
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Feminist reading lists curated as part of our collaboration with the Silence Will Not Protect Us Symposium: Sexual Violence and Power in Academia- the symposium takes place on Feb 25th (virtually and in person in Oxford) and until then this list is a work in progress!
Stay tuned for more, and get yourself a ticket HERE
Self-care has deep feminist, political roots -In 1988 Audre Lorde wrote “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
Self-care in the feminist sense is about protecting and preserving women’s mental, physical and emotional wellbeing in a world that continuously exploits women’s labour with little rewards and is hostile to a number of identities. For this reason self-care is particularly important for women and other marginalised groups who have to operate in systems that discriminate based on gender, race, disability, class, sexuality and more.
Linked Books
![Image for Your Silence Will Not Protect You : Essays and Poems](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97809957/9780995716223.jpg)
- title
- Your Silence Will Not Protect You : Essays and Poems
- author
- Lorde, Audre
![Image for The Body Is Not an Apology](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815230/9781523090990.jpg)
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- The Body Is Not an Apology
- author
- Taylor, Sonya Renee
![Image for Burnout : Solve Your Stress Cycle](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817850/9781785042096.jpg)
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- Burnout : Solve Your Stress Cycle
- author
- Nagoski, Emily, Nagoski, Amelia
![Image for Hell Yeah Self-Care! : A Trauma-Informed Workbook](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817877/9781787752450.jpg)
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- Hell Yeah Self-Care! : A Trauma-Informed Workbook
- author
- Barker, Meg-John, Iantaffi, Alex
![Image for How to Not Always Be Working : A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97800628/9780062803672.jpg)
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- How to Not Always Be Working : A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care
- author
- Grace, Marlee
![Image for Note to Self : The Secrets of Calm](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819885/9781988547657.jpg)
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- Note to Self : The Secrets of Calm
- author
- Ballagh, Rebekah
![Image for The Art of Showing Up](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814091/9781409199144.jpg)
- title
- The Art of Showing Up
- author
- Miller, Rachel Wilkerson
![Image for Nothing Much Happens : Calming stories to soothe your mind and help you sleep](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819116/9781911630715.jpg)
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- Nothing Much Happens : Calming stories to soothe your mind and help you sleep
- author
- Nicolai, Kathryn
![Image for Being in Your Body (Guided Journal): A Journal for Self-Love and Body Positivity](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814197/9781419738289.jpg)
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- Being in Your Body (Guided Journal): A Journal for Self-Love and Body Positivity
- author
- Roisin, Fariha, Ramos, Monica
![Image for Midnight Chicken : & Other Recipes Worth Living For](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815266/9781526623898.jpg)
- title
- Midnight Chicken : & Other Recipes Worth Living For
- author
- Risbridger, Ella, Cunningham, Elisa
![Image for Rootbound : Rewilding a Life](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817868/9781786897725.jpg)
- title
- Rootbound : Rewilding a Life
- author
- Vincent, Alice
![Image for The Art of Rest : How to Find Respite in the Modern Age](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817868/9781786892829.jpg)
- title
- The Art of Rest : How to Find Respite in the Modern Age
- author
- Hammond, Claudia
![Image for Losing Eden : Why Our Minds Need the Wild](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97801419/9780141992617.jpg)
- title
- Losing Eden : Why Our Minds Need the Wild
- author
- Jones, Lucy
![Image for Women + Patterns + Plants](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819126/9781912634392.jpg)
- title
- Women + Patterns + Plants
- author
- Mantle, Sarina
![Image for Hope In The Dark : Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817821/9781782119074.jpg)
- title
- Hope In The Dark : Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
- author
- Solnit, Rebecca
![Image for Emergent Strategy : Shaping Change, Changing Worlds](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818493/9781849352604.jpg)
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- Emergent Strategy : Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
- author
- brown, adrienne marie
![Image for Pleasure Activism : The Politics of Feeling Good](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818493/9781849353267.jpg)
- title
- Pleasure Activism : The Politics of Feeling Good
- author
- Brown, Adrienne Maree