{"title":"Savala Nolan","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection of works by Savala Nolan, a compelling voice in the realm of \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e. Known for her insightful and thought-provoking commentary, Nolan's writing delves into the complex intersections of race, gender, and class. Her work is known for inviting readers to ponder deeply on these crucial issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Savala Nolan's notable books, \u003cem\u003eDon't Let It Get You Down\u003c\/em\u003e, offers a profound exploration of her personal experiences and reflections. Through a series of essays, Nolan discusses themes that resonate with authenticity and raw emotion, weaving personal narrative with societal analysis, making her works both deeply personal and universally relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection by Savala Nolan is ideal for readers seeking to engage with contemporary social issues through the lens of an articulate and influential thinker. Her narrative style not only informs but also encourages introspection and a deeper understanding of the world we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dont-let-it-get-you-down-by-savala-nolan-9781911648437","title":"Don't Let It Get You Down","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful and provocative collection of essays that offers poignant reflections on living between society's most charged, politicized, and intractably polar spaces—between black and white, rich and poor, thin and fat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSavala Nolan knows what it means to live in the in-between. Descended from a Black and Mexican father and a white mother, Nolan's mixed-race identity is obvious, for better and worse. At her mother's encouragement, she began her first diet at the age of three and has been both fat and painfully thin throughout her life. She has experienced both the discomfort of generational poverty and the ease of wealth and privilege. It is these liminal spaces—of race, class, and body type—that the essays in \u003ci\u003eDon't Let It Get You Down\u003c\/i\u003e excavate, presenting a clear and nuanced understanding of our society's most intractable points of tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe twelve essays that comprise this collection are rich with unforgettable anecdotes and are as humorous and full of Nolan's appetites as they are of anxieties. The result is lyrical and magnetic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \"On Dating White Guys While Me\", Nolan realises her early romantic pursuits of rich, preppy white guys weren't about preference, but about self-erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the titular essay \u003ci\u003eDon't Let it Get You Down\u003c\/i\u003e, we traverse the cyclical richness and sorrow of being Black in America as Black children face police brutality, 'large Black females' encounter unique stigma, and Black men carry the weight of other people's fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \"Bad Education\", we see how women learn to internalise rage and accept violence in order to participate in our culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in \"To Wit and Also\", we meet Filliss, Grace, and Peggy, the enslaved women owned by Nolan's white ancestors, reckoning with the knowledge that America's original sin lives intimately within our present stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver and over again, Nolan reminds us that our true identities are often most authentically lived not in the black and white, but in the grey of the in-between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849026916588,"sku":"9781911648437","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/17238653482868.jpg?v=1759009694"},{"product_id":"good-woman-by-savala-nolan-9781911648710","title":"Good Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcross time and location, women were raised to be agreeable and \"good.\" Hyper-visible as sexual objects but invisible as full people. Living in a physical world created by men for men. Taking on the ultimate role of birth-giver and caretaker, yet seeing it remain an unsung act, even as it's a God-like creation. Only in midlife did Nolan begin to realize she was capable of living outside these cages of conditioning so slyly insidious that they're nearly invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGood Woman elegantly probes the knotty conditions themselves, the costs of adhering to them, and what happens when one refuses to comply. The twelve stunning and unforgettable essays blend memoir, reportage, and history to create a collection that is alternately bold, brash, and explosive, and ravishingly tender, sensual, and joyous. Nolan takes aim at big and old ideas, and she does not miss. Hers is a testimony to witness and to savour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288471978220,"sku":"9781911648710","price":25.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1dbe4fa07e2e72369b0594d4a90cf3da.jpg?v=1770631047"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/savala-nolan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}