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Book Review: Radiant Rebellion
Walrond, Karen. Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Bit of Hell. Broadleaf Books, October 2023.
Thank you, Broadleaf Books and Publishers Weekly, for the ebook galley of Radiant Rebellion.
Radiant Rebellion is not only a self-help book but also an eye-opening call to action and activism against ageism. The book is full of wise and insightful words. It’s positive, inspiring, uplifting, and empowering.
The book includes various interviews with women who are experts (including authors) on the topic at hand, or at least who are friends and colleagues who have plenty of relevant wisdom/knowledge and advice. I especially like when Giyen talks about her vipassana meditation retreat and meditation in general. You get to read positive twists on aging and criticisms of ageism — which permeates our society.
One of the many interviewees is Tarana Burke!
The author’s family immigrated from Trinidad when she was a kid, and her mother and grandmother said some colonized/internalized racism stuff that the author came to reject. The stuff about obeah and Orissa is fascinating — Indigenous African magic and mysticism. She comes to learn about it for real as an adult seeking spirituality that suits her.