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“Grind culture is violence and violence creates trauma. We have been traumatized deeply.”

Rest is Resistance: a Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

August 14, 2026 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Back when I still participated in Twitter, I had been following Tricia Hersey’s The Nap Ministry for years and years. As I’ve unpacked my likely (but not official) autism diagnosis, masking, burnout, depression, burnout, disability, and generally not functioning at the speed that the white supremacist capitalistic hellscape we live in would like me to her rallying cry of rest has resonated greatly. I have pushed back on the demands for my time and energy and routinely schedule what I call sloth weekends where I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: bird, cbr18bingo, read harder challenge, Rest is Resistance, The Nap Ministry, Tricia Hersey

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:22 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: bird, cbr18bingo, read harder challenge, Rest is Resistance, The Nap Ministry, Tricia Hersey ·
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“Rest makes us more human. It brings us back to our human-ness.”

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

October 8, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto is a great follow up read to The 1619 Project. I started following Tricia Hersey’s The Nap Ministry in 2017 on Twitter and later on Instagram. I hope this book is read widely and deeply because it could be life saving. It’s the kind of book that people put on their TBR because it seems like an important book, and then they never read it, or read it years later, or pretend they read it. But really, just read it […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: advance reader copy, NetGalley, Rest is Resistance, The Nap Ministry, Tricia Hersey

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:108 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: advance reader copy, NetGalley, Rest is Resistance, The Nap Ministry, Tricia Hersey ·
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