***INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***
Disrupt and push back against capitalism and white supremacy. In this
book, Tricia Hersey, aka The Nap Bishop, encourages us to connect to the
liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for
healing and justice.
What would it be like to live in a well-rested world? Far too many of us
have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by
capitalism, we subject our bodies and minds to work at an unrealistic,
damaging, and machine-level pace -- feeding into the same engine that
enslaved millions into brutal labor for its own relentless benefit.
In Rest Is Resistance, Tricia Hersey, aka the Nap Bishop, casts an
illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to
imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted. Our worth
does not reside in how much we produce, especially not for a system that
exploits and dehumanizes us. Rest, in its simplest form, becomes an act
of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it asserts our most
basic humanity. We are enough. The systems cannot have us.
Rest Is Resistance is rooted in spiritual energy and centered in Black
liberation, womanism, somatics, and Afrofuturism. With captivating
storytelling and practical advice, all delivered in Hersey's lyrical
voice and informed by her deep experience in theology, activism, and
performance art, Rest Is Resistance is a call to action, a battle cry,
a field guide, and a manifesto for all of us who are sleep deprived,
searching for justice, and longing to be liberated from the oppressive
grip of Grind Culture.
