Radical Belonging

How to Survive and Thrive in an Unjust World (While Transforming It for the Better)

De: Lindo Bacon, Ijeoma Oluo - foreword

Narrado por: LaQuita James

We are in the midst of a cultural moment. #MeToo. #BlackLivesMatter. #TransIsBeautiful. #AbleismExists. #EffYourBeautyStandards. Those of us who don't fit into the "mythical norm" (White, male, cisgender, able-bodied, slender, Christian, etc.) - which is to say, most of us - are demanding our basic right: to know that who we are matters. To belong.

Being "othered" and the body shame it spurs is not "just" a feeling. Being erased and devalued impacts our ability to regulate our emotions, our relationships with others, our health and longevity, our finances, our ability to realize dreams, and whether we will be accepted, loved, or even safe.

Radical Belonging is not a simple self-love treatise. Focusing only on self-love ignores the important fact that we have negative experiences because our culture has targeted certain bodies and people for abuse or alienation. For marginalized people, a focus on self-love can be a spoonful of sugar that makes the oppression go down. This groundbreaking book goes further, helping us to manage the challenges that stem from oppression and moving beyond self-love and into belonging.

©2020 Lindo Bacon (P)2021 Tantor

was hoping for more- good for beginners

the narration was ok but the book disappinting-nothing revelatory. for newbies in their journey

Enjoyed it a lot

I enjoyed this book and finished the whole thing in a short time which is unusual for me. I did find the heavy accent of the narrator distracting however. I often found myself noting her accent rather than listening to the content of the book. Otherwise learned a lot about gender and equity.

negative negative negative

this book has a lot of good information however it comes from such a negative point of view and such a finger shaking in the face attitude that I found it hard to get through it. It definitely is not uplifting anyone in a way that would encourage them to join a movement for change Compare this to say something by Louise L Hay and you will see a definite difference. The way to change a broken culture is by individual hope and acceptance. This person harps and complains that other people have not experienced the same things but how is anyone ever going to be able to understand personal experience of another without a conversation? Simply blaming the other person for being born into a different culture and never having experienced the same thing that you have is simply unhelpful. If you are looking for something that will make you feel like you belong, I would look further than this. If you are looking for something that is simply shaking a fist and not offering any hope then maybe this book is for you.