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[thespeedyreader]

Missing York and all its cafés! I should have gone back to uni a week ago, but instead were doing everything online. It's being handled really well, but it's just not the same as the real thing! How are you coping with online classes, if you have them? ☕💛

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@cherish-bujo tagged me! i don’t usually do tag games but this seemed like a fun way to connect with new/old mutuals :)

nickname: kelly, kells, kelliforniaroll

sign: taurus

height: 5′1″

hogwarts house: hufflepuff

last thing i googled: “hogwarts house sorter” i didn’t know before today!

song stuck in my head: mariposa by peach tree rascals 

# of followers: 70 online frens <3

amount of sleep: can’t function under 7 hours

lucky number: 9?

dream job: attorney (don’t yet know which specific practice)

wearing: soft, oversized t-shirt and sweat-shorts

favorite song: my all-time fav is stereo hearts by gym class heroes :’)

favorite instrument: ukelele

aesthetic: i love the ghibli aesthetic, but i also rlly like bloomcore, celestial and coffee house aesthetics

favorite authors: some authors i have been enjoying include fatema mernissi and cathy park hong

favorite animal noise: the sound of my cat running across the floor to me when i start fixing his meals or the little trill he makes when i surprise him during a nap

random: going into university i had pretty bad imposter syndrome, and when i thought i found a minority group that i would be comfortable in, i realized that i felt like a minority within the minority for a bunch of other reasons. however, with my final year of university around the corner, i have made peace with a lot about myself and have a reliable group of friends that i can always turn to. ig i’m just sharing bc i want to reassure others feeling this way that it will get better!

tagging: @satie-studies @milk-box @peachysone @studyingwithdragons @ambichious @aafreenstudies @studywithquiien @nelastudies @thespeedyreader @onewstudies @onlyjena @oak-and-almond @sarahsstudies @virgostudyblr @studylikegeller @hannybstudies @francesblogs and anybody else who would like to participate; have fun and no pressure <3

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Black Lives Matter: A (By No Means Complete) Reading List

“Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are a reflection. Books change your mind.” - Toni Morrison

It has always been, and always will be, vital to educate ourselves on the world around us. In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, I hope that this blog can become a platform for sharing resources on black history and literature, in a conscious effort to educate both ourselves and those around us. It is our duty to continue to amplify the voices of people of colour, because it is through education that we can make lasting changes in the world.

Here you will find a list of books and essays by authors of colour, and which speak about the experiences of people of colour everywhere. By committing to read even one of these books, you are expanding your consciousness of the lives around you, and giving people of colour a voice.

(Please reblog with your own book recommendations - keep the chain going!)

Classic Fiction

The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

Beloved - Toni Morrison

Another Country - James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain - James Baldwin

The Colour Purple - Alice Walker

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys

Kindred - Octavia E. Butler

The Lonely Londoners - Sam Selvon

Small Island - Andrew Levy

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Contemporary Fiction

Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Girl, Woman, Other - Bernadine Evaristo

An Orchestra of Minorities - Chigozie Obioma

White Teeth - Zadie Smith

Red at the Bone - Jacqueline Woodson

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones

Queenie - Candice Carty-Williams

A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James

Black Leopard Red Wolf - Marlon James

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Sorry To Disrupt the Peace - Patty Yumi Cottrell

Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi

The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin

My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours - Helen Oyeyemi

Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

The Girl With the Louding Voice - Abi Daré

We Cast a Shadow - Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Washington Black - Esi Edugyan

The Black Flamingo - Dean Atta

Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson 

The Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi 

Poetry, Theatre and Graphic Novels

A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry

Citizen: An American Lyric - Claudia Rankine

Night Sky With Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong

I Am Alfonso Jones - Tony Medina, illustrated by Stacey Robinson & John Jennings

Your Black Friend and Other Strangers - Ben Passmore

Say Her Name - Zetta Elliot, illustrated by Loveis Wise

Silencer - Marcus Wicker

Don’t Call Us Dead - Danez Smith

How ro Be Drawn - Terrence Hayes

The Black Unicorn - Audre Lorde

Coal - Audre Lorde

Passion - June Jordan

Children’s/YA Fiction

Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas

Akata Witch - Nnedi Okorafor

Binti - Nnedi Okorafor

You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson

With the Fire on High - Elizabeth Acevedo

Refugee Boy - Benjamin Zephaniah

Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X - Ilyasah Shabazz

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness - Anastasia Higginbotham

A Is for Activist - Innosanto Nagara

New Kid - Jerry Craft

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work - Tiffany Jewell

Non-Fiction and Autobiography

The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy - Lani Guiner

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou

Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World - Layla F Saad

Don’t Touch My Hair - Emma Dabiri

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging - Afua Hirsch

The Good Immigrant - Nikesh Shukla

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge (available for free on Yorsearch)

The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander (available for free on Yorsearch)

Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde

So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo

The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin

The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Robin DiAngelo

Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Women - Midge Wilson & Kathy Russell

They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement - Wesley Lowery

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America - James Foreman Jr.

The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir - Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower - Brittney Cooper

Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race - Debby Irving

The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy - Andrea Flynn, Susan R. Holmberg, Dorian T. Warren, & Felicia J. Wong

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race - Beverly Daniel Tatum

How to Be Anti-Racist - Ibrahim X. Kendi

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Reading and walking 🌿📚

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Thinking about pre-social distancing when I was able to read outside! I sure do miss exploring my city, but I'm so grateful to be safe at home. I hope you're safe and happy, wherever you are right now. 🌿🌞

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2nd April 2020 - I've been happily busy the past few days, which has definitely made staying inside easier to cope with! What with writing blog posts, chatting with friends, and reading, the days are going by quickly.

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11th September 2020

I've recently moved back to York for the year! Feeling super grateful for my city, my friends and my plants.

I'm sending all my love to those who are starting school/uni/work at this time! I hope you find moments of joy in the strangeness.

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July 8th, 2020

One of my favourite things about an English summer is the butterflies 🦋✨

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July 16th, 2020

The past few days have been exciting and surreal, because I've just organised when I'm going back to uni! I can't wait to start studying again and see all my favourite people. Soon, soon. 🌾🌄

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A snapshot of my reading list... One of my goals for this period of lockdown is to tackle that pile of unread books I've been avoiding for so long! I've finally got the time to do it.

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Hard to believe that this time last year I was reading on the beach in Denmark! This year, I'm staying safe at home with my memories for company. I know that Denmark is waiting for me until I can go back 🦋🌿

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2nd September, 2020

How is it a week until I go back to uni??? The time has gone so fast! It feels like I've barely said hello to my friends until we have to say goodbye again. But overall I'm feeling grateful for the good times I've had at home, and ready for the next adventure.

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We took a trip to York this week to move a few things into my new student house! Plus we found an ice cream boat - isn't it dreamy?

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Hey lovely followers! As you might already know, I go to university in the wonderful city of York. Are you thinking going to York next year to study? If you are, my inbox is open for an questions you have about the universities and the city!

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Discovering little messages of positivity on my woodland walks ✨🌿 I hope something - or someone - puts a smile on your face today!