A review by emergencily
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

3.5

• About social conformity and the inescapable pressure to participate in patriarchy and capitalism
• With the convenience store as a microcosm of society, it delves into body politics & bio-power — “A convenience store is a forcibly normalized environment where foreign matter is immediately eliminated”
• Also connects ableism to capitalism, e.g. the MC being coded very strongly as autistic,  the expiry date for her body as a “useful tool” for work as she ages
• Had a lot of interesting set up but the message felt surface level
• This made me miss cheap & delicious Japanese 7-11 food so much