Pitch Rejects! -- Brea's Musings

2025 Reading Wrapped: The 60 Books I've Read This Year

This has been my best reading year yet! From sci-fi & biographies to romance & poetry to memoirs & nonfiction, find out my faves, check out the full…

22 hrs ago • Brea Baker

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November 2025

We’re Not Angry Enough

The Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Massacre just died. How many generations of Black Americans will pass on more trauma & loss than joy & restitution…

Nov 25, 2025 • Brea Baker

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October 2025

Parenting Is Activism: Books Edition

The 10 Books I Read With My Toddler To Prepare Him For The World

Oct 7, 2025 • Brea Baker

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Diddy Sentenced to Just Over 4 Years in Prison

A practicing abolitionist's reflection on whether this is "justice"?

Oct 3, 2025 • Brea Baker

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What Is True Autonomy In An Increasingly Fascist Society?

How Octavia Butler & America as a whole made me a "prepper" & taught me about the dire need for community.

Oct 1, 2025 • Brea Baker

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September 2025

The Twenty Books I Read This Summer

What I've Read, What I Loved, & What Needs To Be On Your TBR

Sep 29, 2025 • Brea Baker

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7 Books You Should Read to Sit With Assata’s Legacy, Beyond Her Autobiography

For many of us, "Assata: An Autobiography" was a gateway to revolutionary thinking and organizing. Here are seven more books to read to continue on in…

Sep 27, 2025 • Brea Baker

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Assata, our beloved North Star. You are eternally free. Rest in Power.

Revolutionary leader and freedom fighter Assata Shakur has gone home and joined the ancestors as confirmed by Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Relish…

Sep 26, 2025 • Brea Baker

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Calling Us In: On Being Pro-Choice & Practicing What We Preach

Cardi B's pregnancy has ignited countless conversations and debates that have me wondering how pro-choice we truly are and questioning the risks of…

Sep 24, 2025 • Brea Baker

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Decolonizing My Travels

The world is such a beautiful place and my intention is to see as much of it as possible while doing the least amount of harm. Here’s my ethical journey…

Sep 24, 2025 • Brea Baker

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Male Mediocrity Is Rewarded by the WNBA... Yet Again

Why are women held to such unrealistic standards compared to men in an athletic league built for women?

Sep 23, 2025 • Brea Baker

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The Boy Is (Still) Mine: Honoring My Queer Motherhood Journey

This is a piece about my firstborn son. It was originally published via Sweet July but the website has since removed its editorial arm, so I'm…

Sep 23, 2025 • Brea Baker

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