❤️‍🔥 Love As Resistance

Stories where loving someone — or loving at all — becomes a radical act of defiance against oppressive systems, regimes, or social orders that seek to forbid it.

All About Love

by bell hooks • 1999

You call it love, but if it hurts, neglects, or controls, it is something else entirely.

4.00

141k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Love 💗 Love As Practice 💭 Emotional Literacy 🪞 Self-Love Work 👥 Friendship As Love

All About Love 89%

You call it love, but if it hurts, neglects, or controls, it is something else entirely.

by bell hooks 1999

4.00

141k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Love 💗 Love As Practice 💭 Emotional Literacy 🪞 Self-Love Work 👥 Friendship As Love

Blueprint for Revolution

by Srdja Popovic • 2015

Rice pudding, Lego men, and the nonviolent playbook that wins twice as often as violence.

4.30

2k+

🕊️ Civil Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🧱 Movement Building 🤝 Coalition Building 🎭 Creative Resistance

Blueprint for Revolution 88%

Rice pudding, Lego men, and the nonviolent playbook that wins twice as often as violence.

by Srdja Popovic 2015

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Civil Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🧱 Movement Building 🤝 Coalition Building 🎭 Creative Resistance

This Is an Uprising

by Mark Engler • 2016

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

4.20

1k+

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

This Is an Uprising 88%

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

by Mark Engler 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

Existentialism and Romantic Love

by Skye Cleary • 2015

Five existentialist philosophers on why love needs freedom and separateness, not soulmates.

4.08

🧠 Existentialism 💕 Philosophy Of Love 🤝 Relationship Authenticity 💭 Romantic Realism ⚡ Constructive Conflict

Existentialism and Romantic Love Summary

Existentialism and Romantic Love 88%

Five existentialist philosophers on why love needs freedom and separateness, not soulmates.

by Skye Cleary 2015

4.08

74 ratings

🧠 Existentialism 💕 Philosophy Of Love 🤝 Relationship Authenticity 💭 Romantic Realism ⚡ Constructive Conflict

Revolutionary Suicide

by Huey P. Newton • 1973

Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.

4.49

7k+

✍️ Radical Memoir ✊ Black Power Movement 🔫 Armed Self-Defense 🚔 Police Brutality 📚 Self-Education

Revolutionary Suicide 88%

Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.

by Huey P. Newton 1973

4.49

7k+ ratings

✍️ Radical Memoir ✊ Black Power Movement 🔫 Armed Self-Defense 🚔 Police Brutality 📚 Self-Education

Wobblies and Zapatistas

by Staughton Lynd • 2008

What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.

3.89

473

🏴 Libertarian Socialism 📜 Radical History ✊ Direct Action 🔄 Horizontalism 🌽 Indigenous Resistance

Wobblies and Zapatistas 88%

What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.

by Staughton Lynd 2008

3.89

473 ratings

🏴 Libertarian Socialism 📜 Radical History ✊ Direct Action 🔄 Horizontalism 🌽 Indigenous Resistance

From Dictatorship to Democracy

by Gene Sharp • 1993

Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.

3.83

2k+

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 🗳️ Democracy Movements 📊 Strategic Nonviolence 🏗️ Movement Building 🏛️ Civil Society

From Dictatorship to Democracy 88%

Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.

by Gene Sharp 1993

3.83

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 🗳️ Democracy Movements 📊 Strategic Nonviolence 🏗️ Movement Building 🏛️ Civil Society

Healing Resistance

by Kazu Haga • 2020

Nonviolence is harder than fighting back. The discipline for it, from inner work to reconciliation.

4.61

526

✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🙏 Spiritual Activism 🤝 Conflict Transformation 🗺️ Movement Strategy

Healing Resistance 87%

Nonviolence is harder than fighting back. The discipline for it, from inner work to reconciliation.

by Kazu Haga 2020

4.61

526 ratings

✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🙏 Spiritual Activism 🤝 Conflict Transformation 🗺️ Movement Strategy

A Force More Powerful

by Peter Ackerman • 2000

A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.

4.11

300

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Civil Disobedience 📢 Social Movements 🧠 Political Strategy 🔬 Pragmatic Nonviolence

A Force More Powerful 87%

A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.

by Peter Ackerman 2000

4.11

300 ratings

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Civil Disobedience 📢 Social Movements 🧠 Political Strategy 🔬 Pragmatic Nonviolence

Why Civil Resistance Works

by Erica Chenoweth • 2011

The most effective weapon against a dictator is not a gun: 200,000 people refusing to cooperate.

3.98

729

🏳️ Civil Resistance 🏛️ Regime Change 🗳️ Democratization 👥 Collective Action ⚔️ Political Violence

Why Civil Resistance Works 87%

The most effective weapon against a dictator is not a gun: 200,000 people refusing to cooperate.

by Erica Chenoweth 2011

3.98

729 ratings

🏳️ Civil Resistance 🏛️ Regime Change 🗳️ Democratization 👥 Collective Action ⚔️ Political Violence

Basics of Resistance

by Claire Wolfe • 2018

The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.

4.04

🪧 Civil Resistance ✊ Direct Action 🕵️ Tradecraft 🔐 Security Mindset 🕸️ Clandestine Networks

Basics of Resistance 87%

The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.

by Claire Wolfe 2018

4.04

67 ratings

🪧 Civil Resistance ✊ Direct Action 🕵️ Tradecraft 🔐 Security Mindset 🕸️ Clandestine Networks

Jesus and the Disinherited

by Howard Thurman • 1996

The church preaches a gospel for the powerful. Jesus offered a strategy for the oppressed.

4.51

7k+

🕊️ Liberation Theology ⛪ Black Church Tradition ✊ Spiritual Resistance 🧠 Psychology Of Oppression 📜 Historical Jesus

Jesus and the Disinherited 87%

The church preaches a gospel for the powerful. Jesus offered a strategy for the oppressed.

by Howard Thurman 1996

4.51

7k+ ratings

🕊️ Liberation Theology ⛪ Black Church Tradition ✊ Spiritual Resistance 🧠 Psychology Of Oppression 📜 Historical Jesus

Lifehouse

by Adam Greenfield • 2024

Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.

3.84

🌱 Community Organizing 🤝 Mutual Aid Networks 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🌿 Social Ecology

Lifehouse 87%

Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.

by Adam Greenfield 2024

3.84

86 ratings

🌱 Community Organizing 🤝 Mutual Aid Networks 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🌿 Social Ecology

Conversations on Love

by Natasha Lunn • 2021

Love is a skill you build, not a feeling you chase. Conversations across romance, friendship, loss.

4.20

48k+

🧠 Psychology Of Love 💌 Modern Love 🔧 Love As A Skill 🫂 Vulnerability 💞 Emotional Intimacy

Conversations on Love 87%

Love is a skill you build, not a feeling you chase. Conversations across romance, friendship, loss.

by Natasha Lunn 2021

4.20

48k+ ratings

🧠 Psychology Of Love 💌 Modern Love 🔧 Love As A Skill 🫂 Vulnerability 💞 Emotional Intimacy

How to Change the World

by John-Paul Flintoff • 2012

Find your reason, start small, and go first: how ordinary people actually change the world.

3.73

942

🫶 Social Change 🌱 Grassroots Activism 💪 Personal Agency 🧭 Purpose And Meaning 🤝 Community Organizing

How to Change the World 87%

Find your reason, start small, and go first: how ordinary people actually change the world.

by John-Paul Flintoff 2012

3.73

942 ratings

🫶 Social Change 🌱 Grassroots Activism 💪 Personal Agency 🧭 Purpose And Meaning 🤝 Community Organizing

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad • 2025

The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.

4.57

67k+

🏛️ Western Liberalism 🎭 Liberal Complicity 📰 Media Critique 🗣️ Language And Power ✊ Resistance And Refusal

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Summary

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 87%

The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.

by Omar El Akkad 2025

4.57

67k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Liberalism 🎭 Liberal Complicity 📰 Media Critique 🗣️ Language And Power ✊ Resistance And Refusal

The Four Pivots

by Shawn A. Ginwright • 2022

The movement is burning out its people. Here's how to fight for justice and stay whole.

4.34

1k+

🩹 Healing Justice 🌱 Sustainable Activism 😴 Rest As Resistance 💛 Community Healing ⚖️ Restorative Justice

The Four Pivots 87%

The movement is burning out its people. Here's how to fight for justice and stay whole.

by Shawn A. Ginwright 2022

4.34

1k+ ratings

🩹 Healing Justice 🌱 Sustainable Activism 😴 Rest As Resistance 💛 Community Healing ⚖️ Restorative Justice

The Art of Loving

by Erich Fromm • 1956

Dating advice hunts for the right person. Real love requires becoming someone who can love.

4.00

97k+

🧠 Existential Psychology 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 💭 Philosophy Of Love 🏛️ Frankfurt School 🤲 Self Compassion

The Art of Loving 87%

Dating advice hunts for the right person. Real love requires becoming someone who can love.

by Erich Fromm 1956

4.00

97k+ ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 💭 Philosophy Of Love 🏛️ Frankfurt School 🤲 Self Compassion

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Martin Luther King Jr. • 1986

Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.

4.34

24k+

🏛️ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Racial Justice 💰 Economic Justice 🕉️ Gandhian Philosophy

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 87%

Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.

by Martin Luther King Jr. 1986

4.34

24k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Racial Justice 💰 Economic Justice 🕉️ Gandhian Philosophy

Rest Is Resistance

by Tricia Hersey • 2022

Reclaim your body, your imagination, and your time through rest as a political act.

4.04

13k+

✊🏾 Black Liberation 💰🚫 Anti-Capitalist Thought ⚙️ Grind Culture Critique 🤲 Collective Care 🕊️ Sabbath Practice

Rest Is Resistance 87%

Reclaim your body, your imagination, and your time through rest as a political act.

by Tricia Hersey 2022

4.04

13k+ ratings

✊🏾 Black Liberation 💰🚫 Anti-Capitalist Thought ⚙️ Grind Culture Critique 🤲 Collective Care 🕊️ Sabbath Practice

Reveille for Radicals

by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

3.84

589

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership 🎯 Self-Interest Politics ⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst

Reveille for Radicals 87%

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

by Saul D. Alinsky 1946

3.84

589 ratings

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership 🎯 Self-Interest Politics ⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst

Elite Capture

by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò • 2022

How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.

3.98

4k+

🏛️ Movement Co-Optation 🏗️ Structural Power 🎭 Symbolic Politics 🤝 Coalition Politics 👥 Intersectional Feminism

Elite Capture 87%

How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.

by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò 2022

3.98

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Movement Co-Optation 🏗️ Structural Power 🎭 Symbolic Politics 🤝 Coalition Politics 👥 Intersectional Feminism

Inciting Joy

by Ross Gay • 2022

Why skateboarders share everything: a poet's case for joy in grief and refusal to be useful.

4.13

6k+

🎁 Gift Economies 🐢 Slowing Down 💗 Vulnerability 🌱 Transformative Grief 🏫 Unschooling

Inciting Joy 87%

Why skateboarders share everything: a poet's case for joy in grief and refusal to be useful.

by Ross Gay 2022

4.13

6k+ ratings

🎁 Gift Economies 🐢 Slowing Down 💗 Vulnerability 🌱 Transformative Grief 🏫 Unschooling

Ace

by Angela Chen • 2020

The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.

4.34

20k+

📘 Asexuality Studies 🌈 Queer Theory 📏 Sexual Normativity 🤝 Non-Sexual Intimacy 🛡️ Consent Culture

Ace 87%

The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.

by Angela Chen 2020

4.34

20k+ ratings

📘 Asexuality Studies 🌈 Queer Theory 📏 Sexual Normativity 🤝 Non-Sexual Intimacy 🛡️ Consent Culture

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul

by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun • 2023

Activists burn out. A quiet, sustainable alternative that turns sensitivity into a strength.

3.97

908

🧘 Quiet Activism 👂 Highly Sensitive People 🌱 Sustainable Activism ✌️ Nonviolent Resistance 🤫 Introverts

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul Summary

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul 87%

Activists burn out. A quiet, sustainable alternative that turns sensitivity into a strength.

by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun 2023

3.97

908 ratings

🧘 Quiet Activism 👂 Highly Sensitive People 🌱 Sustainable Activism ✌️ Nonviolent Resistance 🤫 Introverts

Living a Feminist Life

by Sara Ahmed • 2017

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

4.30

3k+

📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics ✋ Political Refusal 🏠 Everyday Resistance

Living a Feminist Life 87%

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

by Sara Ahmed 2017

4.30

3k+ ratings

📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics ✋ Political Refusal 🏠 Everyday Resistance

The Powers That Be

by Walter Wink • 1998

Every institution is a spirit. The cross exposed the violence that holds civilization together.

4.24

1k+

🧭 Political Theology ✊🏾 Nonviolent Resistance 👁️ Powers And Principalities ✝️ Christian Nonviolence 🏛️ Institutional Sin

The Powers That Be 87%

Every institution is a spirit. The cross exposed the violence that holds civilization together.

by Walter Wink 1998

4.24

1k+ ratings

🧭 Political Theology ✊🏾 Nonviolent Resistance 👁️ Powers And Principalities ✝️ Christian Nonviolence 🏛️ Institutional Sin

On Tyranny

by Timothy Snyder • 2017

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

4.29

112k+

🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance 📢 Media Manipulation 🤝 Civic Engagement

On Tyranny 87%

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

by Timothy Snyder 2017

4.29

112k+ ratings

🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance 📢 Media Manipulation 🤝 Civic Engagement

Sounds Fake But Okay

by Sarah Costello • 2023

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

3.66

1k+

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy 🔀 Relationship Anarchy 📚 Queer Theory

Sounds Fake But Okay 87%

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

by Sarah Costello 2023

3.66

1k+ ratings

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy 🔀 Relationship Anarchy 📚 Queer Theory

Why We Can't Wait

by Martin Luther King Jr. • 1964

From Birmingham to Washington: how nonviolence won, and why the next battle is economic.

4.55

9k+

✊ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance 💰 Economic Justice 📢 Protest Movements ✝️ Christian Ethics

Why We Can't Wait 87%

From Birmingham to Washington: how nonviolence won, and why the next battle is economic.

by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964

4.55

9k+ ratings

✊ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance 💰 Economic Justice 📢 Protest Movements ✝️ Christian Ethics

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

by Henry David Thoreau • 1866

Conscience, not law, is the highest authority. The original case for nonviolent resistance.

4.06

18k+

✊ Civil Disobedience 🌿 American Transcendentalism 🧍 Individualism 🛖 Simple Living ⚡ Anti-Authoritarianism

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays 86%

Conscience, not law, is the highest authority. The original case for nonviolent resistance.

by Henry David Thoreau 1866

4.06

18k+ ratings

✊ Civil Disobedience 🌿 American Transcendentalism 🧍 Individualism 🛖 Simple Living ⚡ Anti-Authoritarianism

Sister Outsider

by Audre Lorde • 1984

Why anger is a political tool, silence is surrender, and the erotic is a well of knowledge.

4.53

42k+

🖤 Black Feminism 🔗 Intersectional Feminism 📢 Breaking Silence 🔥 Anger As Catalyst 🌹 Erotic Empowerment

Sister Outsider 86%

Why anger is a political tool, silence is surrender, and the erotic is a well of knowledge.

by Audre Lorde 1984

4.53

42k+ ratings

🖤 Black Feminism 🔗 Intersectional Feminism 📢 Breaking Silence 🔥 Anger As Catalyst 🌹 Erotic Empowerment

A Book About Love

by Jonah Lehrer • 2016

Love is not something you stumble into; it's built through effort, memory, and meaning.

3.73

577

🧩 Attachment Theory 🔬 Relationship Science 🌟 Meaning And Purpose ❤️‍🩹 Healing Power Of Love 😊 Positive Psychology

A Book About Love 86%

Love is not something you stumble into; it's built through effort, memory, and meaning.

by Jonah Lehrer 2016

3.73

577 ratings

🧩 Attachment Theory 🔬 Relationship Science 🌟 Meaning And Purpose ❤️‍🩹 Healing Power Of Love 😊 Positive Psychology

Fight

by Preston Sprinkle • 2013

For three centuries, Christians refused to kill. The forgotten biblical case that they were right.

4.31

1k+

✝️ Christian Ethics 🕊️ Christian Pacifism ✊ Nonviolent Resistance ❤️ Enemy Love ⚖️ Just War Critique

Fight 86%

For three centuries, Christians refused to kill. The forgotten biblical case that they were right.

by Preston Sprinkle 2013

4.31

1k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Ethics 🕊️ Christian Pacifism ✊ Nonviolent Resistance ❤️ Enemy Love ⚖️ Just War Critique

Things No One Taught Us About Love

by Vex King • 2024

Most people learn to love backwards. The real work starts with you, not them.

4.06

3k+

💑 Romantic Relationships 💖 Self-Love 🧘 Inner Work 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🔓 Vulnerability

Things No One Taught Us About Love Summary

Things No One Taught Us About Love 86%

Most people learn to love backwards. The real work starts with you, not them.

by Vex King 2024

4.06

3k+ ratings

💑 Romantic Relationships 💖 Self-Love 🧘 Inner Work 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🔓 Vulnerability

Freedom is a Constant Struggle

by Angela Y. Davis • 2015

Ferguson and Palestine share a playbook of state violence. The resistance is building its own.

4.44

36k+

🚫 Prison Abolition ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🌍 Global Solidarity 🔀 Intersectionality ⚠️ State Violence

Freedom is a Constant Struggle 86%

Ferguson and Palestine share a playbook of state violence. The resistance is building its own.

by Angela Y. Davis 2015

4.44

36k+ ratings

🚫 Prison Abolition ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🌍 Global Solidarity 🔀 Intersectionality ⚠️ State Violence

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

by Howard Zinn • 1994

History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.

4.34

4k+

🚩 American Leftism ✊ Civil Disobedience ☮️ Anti-War Activism 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🏭 Class Consciousness

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train 86%

History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.

by Howard Zinn 1994

4.34

4k+ ratings

🚩 American Leftism ✊ Civil Disobedience ☮️ Anti-War Activism 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🏭 Class Consciousness

Emergent Strategy

by Adrienne Maree Brown • 2017

No one commands a flock or a forest. What that means for building social movements that endure.

4.25

10k+

🏗️ Movement Building 🔄 Systems Thinking 🕊️ Transformative Justice ✊ Black Feminism 🔬 Complexity Theory

Emergent Strategy 86%

No one commands a flock or a forest. What that means for building social movements that endure.

by Adrienne Maree Brown 2017

4.25

10k+ ratings

🏗️ Movement Building 🔄 Systems Thinking 🕊️ Transformative Justice ✊ Black Feminism 🔬 Complexity Theory

The Four Loves

by C.S. Lewis • 1960

Love has four faces. Each one, taken as your god, turns monstrous.

4.16

69k+

💒 Christian Theology 💕 Philosophy Of Love 🏷️ Types Of Love ✝️ Christian Ethics 🙏 Spiritual Formation

The Four Loves 86%

Love has four faces. Each one, taken as your god, turns monstrous.

by C.S. Lewis 1960

4.16

69k+ ratings

💒 Christian Theology 💕 Philosophy Of Love 🏷️ Types Of Love ✝️ Christian Ethics 🙏 Spiritual Formation

Hegemony How-To

by Jonathan Smucker • 2017

Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.

4.24

442

🧭 Movement Strategy 🗳️ Community Organizing 🧠 Gramscian Politics 📢 Narrative Strategy ⚡ Left Self-Critique

Hegemony How-To 86%

Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.

by Jonathan Smucker 2017

4.24

442 ratings

🧭 Movement Strategy 🗳️ Community Organizing 🧠 Gramscian Politics 📢 Narrative Strategy ⚡ Left Self-Critique

Bad Gays

by Huw Lemmey • 2022

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

3.55

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

Bad Gays 86%

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

by Huw Lemmey 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

Children of the Days

by Eduardo Galeano • 2012

A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.

4.18

4k+

🕵️ Hidden Histories 🏴 Decolonial Thought ✊ Stories Of Resistance 🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🧶 Collective Memory

Children of the Days 86%

A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.

by Eduardo Galeano 2012

4.18

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Hidden Histories 🏴 Decolonial Thought ✊ Stories Of Resistance 🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🧶 Collective Memory

A Protest History of the United States

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

4.12

188

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice 🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty ⚒️ Labor History

A Protest History of the United States Summary

A Protest History of the United States 86%

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025

4.12

188 ratings

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice 🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty ⚒️ Labor History

Briefly

by David Mills Daniel • 2007

The only moral absolute is love, and it decides what is right in every situation.

3.79

205

🧠 Situation Ethics ✝️ Christian Ethics 📚 Moral Philosophy 💖 Love Ethics ❤️ Unconditional Love

Briefly 86%

The only moral absolute is love, and it decides what is right in every situation.

by David Mills Daniel 2007

3.79

205 ratings

🧠 Situation Ethics ✝️ Christian Ethics 📚 Moral Philosophy 💖 Love Ethics ❤️ Unconditional Love

The Other Significant Others

by Rhaina Cohen • 2024

Two friends share a mortgage, a child, a life. Everyone asks if they're a couple.

3.93

5k+

🤝 Chosen Family 💔 Decentering Romance 🔓 Relationship Anarchy ✨ Single By Choice 💭 Intimacy Without Sex

The Other Significant Others 86%

Two friends share a mortgage, a child, a life. Everyone asks if they're a couple.

by Rhaina Cohen 2024

3.93

5k+ ratings

🤝 Chosen Family 💔 Decentering Romance 🔓 Relationship Anarchy ✨ Single By Choice 💭 Intimacy Without Sex

The Care We Dream Of

by Zena Sharman • 2021

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

4.37

211

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

The Care We Dream Of 86%

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

by Zena Sharman 2021

4.37

211 ratings

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

Pleasure Activism

by Adrienne Maree Brown • 2019

Reclaim joy as a radical political act, and use pleasure to fuel your activism and your life.

4.22

9k+

📚 Feminist Theory 🏗️ Movement Building 🧘 Body Liberation 🔥 Sexual Empowerment 💊 Harm Reduction

Pleasure Activism 86%

Reclaim joy as a radical political act, and use pleasure to fuel your activism and your life.

by Adrienne Maree Brown 2019

4.22

9k+ ratings

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Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal 86%

The sympathy economy demands Palestinians be broken, blameless, and silent about who broke them.

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4.77

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