Bookshelf: What We’re Reading
Looking for a good read—these are on our bookshelf and come highly recommended!
Dirty Diversity: A Practical Guide to Foster an Equitable and Inclusive Workplace for All by Janice Gassam
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions by Tiffany Jana, Michael Baran
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele
No Hard Feelings: Emotions at Work and How They Help Us Succeed by Liz Fosslien, Mollie West Duffy
Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord
The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth by Amy C. Edmondson
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
On the Reading List
The books on our reading list, in no particular order.
Authentic Diversity: How to Change the Workplace for Good by Michelle Silverthorn
Social (In)Justice and Mental Health by Ruth S Shim (Contributor), Sarah Y Vinson (Contributor), American Psychiatric Association Publishing (Contributor)
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
Disability Visibility: A nonfiction anthology edited by Alice Wong
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini
The Secret of Haven Point by Lisette Auton
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNichol
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz
The Pink Elephant: A Practical Guide to Creating an Anti-Racist Organization by Janice Gassam Asare
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff
Growing Up Disabled in Australia: A nonfiction anthology edited by Carly Findlay
Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg by Emily Rapp Black
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
Sitting Pretty: A memoir by Rebekah Taussig
Being Heumann: A memoir by Judith Heumann
How To Lose Everything: A memoir by Christa Couture
If You Really Love Me, Throw Me Off the Mountain: A memoir by Erin Clark
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
So Lucky by Nicola Griffith
The Perseverance: Poetry by Raymond Antrobus
Single Window: Poetry by Daniel Sluman
I Am Not a Label: illustrated nonfiction by Cerrie Burnell, illustrated by Lauren Baldo
This Beach is Loud! A picture book by Samantha Cotterill
Can Bears Ski? A picture book by Raymond Antrobus, illustrated by Polly Dunbar
What Happened to You? A picture book by James Catchpole, illustrated by Karen George
Who We’re Watching
Bring new perspectives and ideas into your feeds—check out these awesome accounts! Click on the images to be directed to their accounts.
@victoria_is_unhidden - Disability Advocate & Designer
@shivaraichandani - Storytelling through performance art
@sofiehagendk - Comedian, author of ‘Happy Fat’, podcaster
@leahvspeaks - performance poet
@meredithaleighawells - actor. singer. dancer. writer
@thetrashwalker - Trying to divert as much as possible from landfill/incineration, create systemic change, and raise consciousness
@fatstimbo - Content Creator
@sluttygrape - brighton | 23 | she/they | trans | queer | ADHD | activist | ENFP-T | non binary babe | high femme pwr
@monalmft - Licensed therapist & burnout coach. Unapologetically queer, feminist, Iranian-Iraqi-American
@raindovemodel - Representing "human" in fashion, film & activism
@keah_maria - Author. Actor. Bi Icon. Created #DisabledAndCute
@chronicallycapable - Leading the flexible work revolution for chronically ill and disabled job seekers
@dresmerelda - Dr Farah Shahi, Medical Dr, UK - Infectious Diseases - PhD: diagnostics, #globalhealth
@shona_mcandrew - Artist
@disabilityfashionstylist - Amputee Missing Digits - Disability Fashion Stylist/Creative Director - Anthology Editor/Author “Fitting In”