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3.9 AVERAGE
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if you don’t have to read this for a class, don’t read it.
i have the feeling that if you include the phrase ‘bravely confronting the political polorization in america’ in your manuscript sales pitch, wham bam slam you’ve got a deal
i hate her type of prose. like damn you think you’re so funny and quirky and real, going on tangents and using the footnotes to make jokes. very reminiscent of how i felt reading ‘hey hun’. she spends a whole line on her d&d character on her authors biography. screams ‘millennial pixie dream girl’
i also do not care for moderates, particularly moderates who reject ‘identity politics’ so aggressively that it wraps around and it feels like they can’t feel attachment to their identity and how it shapes their interactions with the world.
it’s a whole bunch of prattle with the core message of ‘be empathetic and open to different perspectives’ whose point could have been made in like 80 pages tops if you cut out the personal vignettes. and yeah the personal stories are the sell of the book, but god they’re so poorly told that i found myself skipping them.
boring, drawn out, didn’t resonate with me, advice that has been given 1 million times before and doesn’t leave room for complexities in why identity does matter in politics (unlike me, my writing is beyond reproach and my opinions are correct)
i have the feeling that if you include the phrase ‘bravely confronting the political polorization in america’ in your manuscript sales pitch, wham bam slam you’ve got a deal
i hate her type of prose. like damn you think you’re so funny and quirky and real, going on tangents and using the footnotes to make jokes. very reminiscent of how i felt reading ‘hey hun’. she spends a whole line on her d&d character on her authors biography. screams ‘millennial pixie dream girl’
i also do not care for moderates, particularly moderates who reject ‘identity politics’ so aggressively that it wraps around and it feels like they can’t feel attachment to their identity and how it shapes their interactions with the world.
it’s a whole bunch of prattle with the core message of ‘be empathetic and open to different perspectives’ whose point could have been made in like 80 pages tops if you cut out the personal vignettes. and yeah the personal stories are the sell of the book, but god they’re so poorly told that i found myself skipping them.
boring, drawn out, didn’t resonate with me, advice that has been given 1 million times before and doesn’t leave room for complexities in why identity does matter in politics (unlike me, my writing is beyond reproach and my opinions are correct)
challenging
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An interesting idea-- that curiosity can bridge wide political gaps. I agree, but at some point, her argument breaks down for me-- perhaps it's just the past 2-3 years of Trumpian politics that may test the limits of her approach. Ultimately, her tone was a bit condescending and felt like it put a bit too much pressure and expectations on the liberal and left-leaning who already rely on facts and compassion to drive their politics.
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I really liked the way that she described interacting with people who are different than you. I thought that she had very logical and thoughtful ideas. I think that this would be great for a book club.
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I read this book because it was selected as the University of Delaware’s common reader for 2024, like a summer reading book for students, faculty, and staff. One of my colleagues who focuses on civil discourse uses this book in his class and recommended it, but given the timing of yet another contentious election cycle, it seemed useful. The author is a self-described liberal journalist who lives in Seattle and uses her experience disagreeing (and sometimes fighting) with her Trump-supporting Mexican immigrant parents to explain what she’s suggesting. She provides some suggestions for how to approach conversations across lines of political difference, the kinds of questions we can ask to get at better understanding, and the ways we can try to focus on being better listeners. It was a quick read with some tangible strategies I want to try and I’m left somewhat encouraged to attempt these conversations over the next few months. That said, I do think there were places in the narrative and specific issues that she quickly skated over that minimized concepts like historical context, truth/facts, and false equivalence that make me not totally onboard with her perspective. Still, glad to have read it and I would recommend others do as well.
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fast-paced