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We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by adrienne maree brown
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.
I hated pleasure activism. I thought this would redeem the author in my eyes as it's a topic I care about.
The first 22 pages of this 88 page book are about explaining why the book has been changed since the original blog post.
After wasting my time on a quarter of the book, I checked the table of contents and saw that We will not cancel us starts at page 51 and the afterword starts at page 52.
I kept reading - after all, I had finally finished all the warnings and apologies, so I was ready to power through.
The book started talking about US politics and why the US doesn't deal with covid as well as other countries. That was, as a non-American who is deeply uninterested in US navel-gazing and someone who doesn't really believe in governments to begin with, my last straw.
The first 22 pages of this 88 page book are about explaining why the book has been changed since the original blog post.
After wasting my time on a quarter of the book, I checked the table of contents and saw that We will not cancel us starts at page 51 and the afterword starts at page 52.
I kept reading - after all, I had finally finished all the warnings and apologies, so I was ready to power through.
The book started talking about US politics and why the US doesn't deal with covid as well as other countries. That was, as a non-American who is deeply uninterested in US navel-gazing and someone who doesn't really believe in governments to begin with, my last straw.
La communauté des esprits by Philip Pullman
This feels like bad His Dark Materials fanfiction and I'm sad.
Face à la menace fasciste by Ugo Palheta, Ludivine Bantigny
informative
fast-paced
Ok, très bonne description de la menace fasciste. Mais comme ça disait "face à la menace fasciste", naïf comme je suis, je pensais que ça allait au moins mentionner des pistes de ce qu'on peut faire contre. C'est presque esquissé dans les 3 dernières pages mais juste pour nous dire que ce qu'on fait ne sert à rien.
Lecture passablement frustrante, donc.
Lecture passablement frustrante, donc.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Police brutality
L'Insoutenable légèreté de l'être by Milan Kundera
C'est un gros bouquin chiant et triste avec des gens chiants et tristes qui baisent de façon chiante et triste et de temps en temps y'a une page avec des trucs marrants.
Le sport féminin - Le sport, dernier bastion du sexisme? by Fabienne Broucaret
Extrêmement française, cette section sur le port du voile…
Le reste était bien.
Le reste était bien.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Islamophobia, and Sexual harassment
Le Grand Abandon by Cory Doctorow
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
I really wanted to like this, because I really like Cory Doctorow's nonfiction thoughts on his blog.
But this was confusing and slow and horny and not for me.
I'll try again with another book.
But this was confusing and slow and horny and not for me.
I'll try again with another book.
La Maison aux livres by Enis Batur
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
i am confused but I had a good time
Islam and Anarchism by Mohamed Abdou
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
Probably great but I got very overwhelmed by the academic level of the book
Championnes !: 90 sportives exceptionnelles by Cécile Grès, Laurie Delhostal
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
J'étais tout content d'avoir trouvé un bouquin pour sourcer des biographies de sportives sur Wikipédia. Ensuite, j'étais un peu étonné de voir que les infos étaient souvent déjà présentes sur Wikipédia et que le bouquin n'aidait qu'à les sourcer, pas à en ajouter. Et puis dans la page de Charlotte Cooper, j'ai retrouvé une phrase copiée à l'identique depuis Wikipédia.
Je suppose qu'au moins notre travail sert à quelque chose. C'est quand même dommage de ne pas citer ses sources.
Je suppose qu'au moins notre travail sert à quelque chose. C'est quand même dommage de ne pas citer ses sources.