Thread by @EyalaBlog

This Sunday I'm celebrating the Twitter-friend who advised that I use an app to keep track of my to-read list. Thanks to you, whoever stole my phone this week may have taken my beloved GIF collection but did not stop this #SundayRead thread from happening.

So let's read!

My fav: @nytimes' In Her Words newsletter is starting a series of profiles of women protesters - starting with this stunning piece about #Lebanon powerhouse activist and film-maker Perla Maalouli (perla.joe on Insta). I so want to meet her!

nyti.ms/2UzMuaa

#SundayRead

Skip this one if you are hoping for an anger-free Sunday. @anticorruption investigated gender and corruption in #Zimbabwe and over 57% of women surveyed said they'd been "forced to offer sexual favours" as bribes to access jobs, healthcare etc.
#SundayRead
bit.ly/37ak2yt

Worth a read: @BrigidWD's call to "take the self out self-care" and focus on collective care instead. Loved that she retraced the history of self-care as a concept, from being rooted in Black #feminism to being corrupted by capitalism.

bit.ly/2uvW2IO

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Filipino-German activist @KarinIsSharing penned an op-ed on #racism in global climate justice movement and there's so much to reflect on there - including for African feminists as we struggle with the tokenism we face every day.

#SundayRead in @VICE.

bit.ly/2H9UiaK

Speaking of racism: @MukomaWaNgugi gives excellent practical advice to "White writers writing characters outside of their race". (Also applicable to privileged Black and Brown writers like me by the way).
Read on @brittlepaper: bit.ly/37axX7y

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ICYMI: this week @SharingUbuntu published No Roses From My Mouth, a poetry collection Ugandan activist @drstellanyanzi wrote from jail. I'm reading it now and let me tell you, February is not too early to call it my most powerful read of 2020.

#SundayRead
bit.ly/2H6FHx1

That's all for today, friends! Do let me know how you liked those and what you've been reading. Happy Sunday, happy reading, happy #SundayRead!