Book Club at Nook!
About this EventNeighbors reading and discussing books together!
**One drink minimum or food order required. Please tip your baristas & bartenders!**
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Reading schedule:
- Week 1: May 12th – No reading: Meet & greet, introduction to book, general discussion on theme
- Week 2: May19th – Introduction - Disposability Culture (pages 1-46)
- Week 3: May 26th – What Else Is True? - Costs of a Limited Emotional Range (pages 47-92)
- Week 4: June 2nd – Numbness and Emotional Labor - Falling in Love (pages 93-141)
- Week 5: June 9th – Denying Parts of Ourselves and Performing False Selves - Encountering Fear, and the Courage to Say Yes and No (pages 142-185)
- Week 6: June 16th – Fears of Abandonment and Engulfment - When Your Sore Spot Gets Rubbed (pages 186-234)
- Week 7: June 23rd – Listening - Conclusion (pages 235-326)
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Our next book is Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together By Dean Spade.
Description:
In this inspiring self-help handbook, a trans activist dares us to be the change we want to see—both out in the world, and amongst our closest connections.Lifelong activist and educator Dean Spade dares us to decide that our interpersonal actions are not separate from our politics of liberation and resistance. Many activist projects and resistance groups fall apart because people treat each other poorly, trying desperately to live out the cultural myths about dating and relationships that we are fed from an early age.
How do we divest from the idea that one romantic partner will be the solution to all our problems? How do we bring our best thinking about freedom and justice into step with our desires for healing and connection?
Love in a F*cked-Up Worldis a resounding call to action and a practical manifesto for how to combat cultural scripts and take our relationships into our own hands, preparing us for the work of changing the world.
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