As a white person learning about abolitionist thought and finding ways that I can, with chronic illnesses, be part of this movement, reading this book (and listening, I read part of it via audiobook) both challenged and encouraged me. There is something to be said about firmness, unflinching truthfulness, and boundaries: they are kindness like no other. I will read this book again.
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Nix Kelley (they/them) rated We Do This 'Til We Free Us: 5 stars

We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba, Naomi Murakawa, Tamara K. Nopper
A reflection on prison industrial complex abolition and a vision for collective liberation from organizer and educator Mariame Kaba.
“Organizing …
Nix Kelley (they/them) finished reading A Court of Thorns and Roses (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas (Court of Thorns and Roses, #1.1)
Finished! I don't think I'm going to listen to the second audiobook half of this story. I don't mind a slightly fantastical romance, but the voice acting felt overdone and the sound effects were, honestly, kind of gross.
Nix Kelley (they/them) started reading Apocalypse Nyx by Kameron Hurley
Nix Kelley (they/them) started reading A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Nix Kelley (they/them) started reading We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba
I started this book in paperback some months back, but I have found it difficult to focus on reading physical books. I borrowed the audiobook through my library and have started listening to that today.