In terms of theory, I don’t consider myself well read. Theory is often really tough for me to read. Even with very easy-to-read writers like Michael Parenti, it’s dense with mindblowing info. And things like the book Will to Change by Bell Hooks hits me in really raw feelings so I stopped at the first chapter. I need the easiest authors and their easiest-to-read works, or else I’m just not reading.
-Micahel Parenti: What’s a Slum? Urban Poverty and Marginality in America
-“I Have a Dream, a Blurred Vision” by Michael Parenti"
-Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth
No idea how I got through “Friendly Feudalism.” I read these all about 3.5 years ago before I lost the bandwidth to go further.
Edit: I tend to watch things more so I guess you can add video links after everything else too.
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon is one i found quite easy to read.
wait am i just stupid
No. It wasn’t horribly difficult, but I found it slow and required a lot of reflection.
I dunno, i barely graduated high school, dropped out of college, and work as a tradesman. Maybe I found it easy just because it made a million different thoughts and contradictions in my head click, and i just tore through it. Time for a reread, i guess.
It’s very emotionally charged, especially if you’re at the intersection of different oppressions.
I agree, but i think that’s what made it easier to read for me. Validating all of these thoughts and feelings i’ve had for years.
Oh definitely. It’s just that it can be retraumatizing sometimes. Or just make you so angry you put the book down and need to take a walk to calm yourself down.