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Mia Birdsong is a senior fellow of the Economic Security Project. She was also an inaugural Ascend Fellow of the Aspen Institute, founding codirector of Family Story, and vice president of the Family Independence Initiative. Mia lives with her loved ones on the occupied land of the Chochenyo Ohlone vis mere people (a.k.a. Oakland, California). Read more about her work at miabirdsong.com. vis mindre

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A thoughtful and intentional exploration of the modern ways we (in America) build and maintain community, and how some groups in particular are laying foundations. Mia's storytelling made me reflect about how much awesome, transformative value real community can hold through the most challenging of times. I consider this a strong read for the average American, as we embark on the rising challenges of everyday life.
 
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kristilabrie | 3 andre anmeldelser | Oct 9, 2023 |
Really great book written by a very fascinating human! I was surprised at the breadth of topics it touched on, including non-monogamy, alternative family structures, and bereavement. I was pleased whenever I had a concern about some content that was quickly addressed. I think some chapters could be more focused. I wish that there was instruction on how an introverted or asocial person might find community.
 
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matsuko | 3 andre anmeldelser | Aug 17, 2023 |
Decolonizing our relationships means resisting the toxic hyperindividualism of white supremacy culture and recognizing our fundamental interdependence. This is apparent to those who are systematically excluded from the American Dream, who are able to thrive by creatively building loving, mutually caring communities outside the isolation of the "normal" nuclear family. Mia Birdsong shares countless examples, mostly from queer people of color.
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GwenRino | 3 andre anmeldelser | Jul 9, 2022 |
In this 2020 book, Mia Birdsong provides seven chapters of community anecdotes, after an introductory chapter decrying how the rugged individualism of the American Dream is antithetical to community.

I completely agree with the premise, but I didn't get much out of the book. I wanted a self-help-style book organized around ways to show up for others and build community that provided at least a few methods or situations that I hadn't anticipated, and I didn't get that at all. The book is actually mostly personal narratives centered on themes like "how so-and-so showed up for childcare" and "how whosit showed up in hardship". There's also some weird celebration of individualism despite decrying it (queer chosen family and single motherhood both come especially to mind here). It lacks much attention at all to traditional community organizations that bring together local people who share only a single aspect of identity, like religious organizations, military and veterans groups, adult sports and hobbies, and ethnic associations, focusing instead on building unstructured community among people who naturally make us comfortable and are already in our lives.

Definitely not the book I'd have written. I'd recommend it as filling the same kind of niche as Chicken Soup for the Soul, with woke morals rather than Christian ones.
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