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she/her 🌻 queer, disabled indian american reading & writing intersectional stories 💌 booknotedofficial@gmail.com
We hope you can join us for this inaugural meeting of the book club!
When: Friday, April 4, 2025 | 11-12 PT
Access: ASL | CART | virtual
RSVP HERE: dcc.page/book-club-april
This month we'll be discussing the book THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH by Andrew Joseph White, a historical Young Adult gothic novel about conforming to Victorian society. (Based on the March prompt for the challenge: to read “a book by a queer and disabled author").
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Graphic with the text "This book club will provide a monthly gathering space to reflect on and discuss each month’s #DisabilityReadingChallenge book selection in community with others. Facilitated by the creator of the challenge, Geetanshi Sharma." Also, the same information above, next to an image of the book THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH by Andrew Joseph White, over a background of stripes in the colors of the disability pride flag. Below are the logos of the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center and the Longmore Institute on Disability.
Large bold text reading “Disability Reading Challenge 2025” over the disability pride flag. The flag has a dark grey background with five parallel diagonal stripes across it: red, yellow, white, blue, and green.
Graphic with the heading “Want to be in community with others participating in this challenge? I’ve got you covered!” Images of the discord and storygraph logos next to how to participate on either platform. For Discord: Join the 2025 Disability Reading Challenge Discord to read and discuss my picks for the challenge with others! (link in bio). For Storygraph: Join the “2025 Disability Reading Challenge”! You can add your own picks for each category (link in bio)
Prompts for the challenge, as follows: 1. A book about anti-ableism 2. A memoir by a disabled author 3. A book by a queer disabled author 4. A book by a BIPOC disabled author 5. A graphic memoir or book in a nontraditional format by a disabled author 6. A book where the protagonist has chronic pain 7. A book with a neurodivergent protagonist 8. A book with a deaf or hard of hearing protagonist 9. A book with a blind or low vision protagonist. 10. A book where the protagonist has a psychiatric disability 11. A book with a physically disabled protagonist 12. A book with more than one disabled character
So excited to announce the #DisabilityReadingChallenge Book Club!
I'm partnering with @sfdcc.bsky.social and the Longmore Institute so we can all read more diverse and intersectional books by disabled authors, in community. We'll have monthly live book clubs with ASL & CART (continued in comments)
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