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ProPublica and Emily Amick’s “Emily in Your Phone” have been some go-to resources for me. I also like to read BBC and Al Jazeera for ex-US based takes on the US

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I too started hitting BBC and Al Jazeera during the pandemic for perspective (and news) from over the ocean.

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Same. Very helpful

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I will check back for everyone's suggestions because right now I'm reading Fae Romance and make zero apologies for it! I am so full of rage right now and I can't touch overtly political things at the moment🤷‍♀️ I am happy to put the books i recommend in a reply to this if anyone is with me on the Fae Romance 🤣🔥🤣

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I feel you. I am half way between scared to death and wanting to kick people’s ass in rage.

Also, SISTERS: you all need to read “Unlocking Women’s Health: FemTech and the Quest for Gender Equity” by Dr. Brittany Barreto

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Please share recs, am begging you.

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The Folk of Air series by Holly Black is so good.

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Oh, good choice!

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Also, the Elemental series by Sharon Shinn

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Recs for Fae romances- "Bride" by Ali Hazelwood, "Filthy Rich Fae" by Geneva Lee, ACOTAR- whole series but particularly Book 5 and Crescent City Book 1- but he's not Fae, more like bat boy🤣🔥🤣 i didn't like book 2/3 of Cresent City but I feel 1 is worth the read🤔

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I’m readying a cozy fantasy so I’m right there with you, no apologies

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Well, my mind worked the same way. I am now on book two of the Court of Thorns and Roses series, and I am deeply comforted.

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I am reading the Everflame series and I am loving it. The first book is Spark of the Everflame.

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I'm subscribing to more Substack writers (like you), and digging into theological resources about God's call for justice. Nadia Bolz-Bolz-Weber, for one. Books: "God is a Black Woman" by Christena Cleveland, and Barbara Brown Taylor's "An Altar in the World.

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404Media, ProPublica, ErinintheMorning, Popular Information, Grist, The Marshall Project, Black Girl in Maine, and anything Tom Tomorrow writes.

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News sources: PBS Newshour, NPR, assorted reporters from my Mastodon feed.

My must-read newsletters: Message Box, The Bulwark, The Stein Line for basketball, and MYAM (of course)

Current books: On Tyranny. No reason in particular. 😬 Also a deep dive baseball book.

Magazines: Vogue, mostly. Started as fashion photography inspiration but the articles are great, too!

Podcasts: Crooked Media and Bulwark shows, The Daily Stoic, A Small Voice, B&H Photography, 10% Happier

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I read Salon,. I also read Jewish Currents for lefty Jewish perspectives. And Electronic Intifada for Palestinian perspectives.

For trans stuff, I read Julia Serano. I especially recommend her book Whipping Girl. It's basically trans 101.

Of course, MYAM!

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I'm reading The Bulwark, Damon Linker, Heather Cox Richardson, Steven Bechloss, and Matt Labash. They are all helping me make sense of where we are now and where we are headed. Oh, and Letters from God for some comic relief.

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I devoured Talia Lavin's latest book "Wild Faith" when it came out last month and have been stewing on it since. I've also been reading and listening to a lot of 404 Media's reporting on tech and privacy, which is former Vice Motherboard reporters and editors doing a subscription-funded independent version of what they were doing before Vice went bankrupt and laid off most of its talent.

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I bought "Wild Faith" back in April for prerelease and was totally surprised when it suddenly showed up on my Kindle last month! I started reading it but it just made me too angry/scared to continue... I'll pick it back up in a few months maybe when I've gotten over the election.

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Just started reading Talia Lavin's new book Wild Faith (Her other book Culture Warlords is also incredible.)

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I just read Vox. Perhaps not the best idea right now, but it was sooooooo good.

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I try to consume a fair amount of media to stay informed.

News: NY Times and local newspapers/outlets

Books: Currently reading The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Not sure what's up next. I have The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt sitting on my shelf. I might start that.

Newsletters: MYAM, The White Pages, Art Cullen's Notebook, Erin in the Morning, Charlotte's Web Thoughts

Podcasts: Scene on Radio is a favorite, and I'm currently re-listening to season 4: The Land that Never Has Been Yet. It's timely given our recent election results. Strict Scrutiny is good as well. Throughline and Embedded are favorites too.

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Emily in Your Phone, Jessica Valenti, anything by Tressie McMillan Cottom, Hmm that’s Interesting- I particularly loved Clara’s piece on evenings she published on Election Day- tied in well with all the dark time in America imagery of Kamala’s concession speech.

And reading the wonderful book The Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado- MC is Puerto Rican, bi, fat senior in HS with PCOS- love interest is Black skater- they plan Fall Fest together and discover their breakup in 8th grade was based on misunderstanding. Also has a lot of the nostalgia of leaving friends to go to college, autistic rep with her sister, inter generational family as she’s raised by her Abuela and lots of traditional Puerto Rican foods mentioned!

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Yes to Tressie. I have eschewed all post-mortems on the election except for hers. If you're not a Black woman I just don't give a shit what you have to say about Kamala's campaign or the Democratic Party for the foreseeable future.

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I've Had It Podcast, Daily Beast, Essential California, Bulwark, Charles Pierce, Will Bunch, Luvvie, Philly Inquirer, Men Yell At Me, The Daily Line, Chicago Public Square, Kareem Abdul Jabbar's substack, The New Yorker, culturework, I could go on and on.

Books: the autobiographies of Griffin Dunne and Al Pacino and a book about The Pioneers.

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Ruin Their Crops on the Ground

The Politics of Food in the United States, From the Trail of Tears to School Lunch

by Freeman, Andrea AND

Belabored by Lyz Lenz

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Giving Tangle News a try.

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Me too! I went all-in with a subscription on Election Day, having only heard about it the day before. My full commitment was because I already knew: My normal news outlets (all the liberal coastal usual suspects) did not help me in the wake of 2016, and certainly won't now. The format makes it so easy to engage with "the other side" (something I've always avoided) in a holistic way, and this is more than a resource: it is a gift.

I am shouting about Tangle to anyone who will listen. It is keeping me engaged, informed, and most importantly for both: sane. We could all do well to stop submitting ourselves to the anxiety of polarizing headlines and everything else that comes with corporate legacy media: https://www.readtangle.com/about/

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Thank you! Just signed up

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Thanks for the recommendation for The Tangle. I signed up to give it a try.

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Just circling back around on Tangle: the last few days it has been really good; level-headed and thorough and quite refreshing from the usual biased "news." Thanks again!

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