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There Will Be Fire by Rory Carroll
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Interesting! Not as gripping as I would have liked but perhaps planning to kill a really horrible person is much more boring than I thought.
Too bad they failed though. Least she’s burning and rotting in Hell with all her horrible friends.
Too bad they failed though. Least she’s burning and rotting in Hell with all her horrible friends.
The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld
dark
sad
medium-paced
4.0
One of the more bleak books I’ve ever read and not just because it was relatable specifically to me.
Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery by bell hooks
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
My Best Friend Is Invisible by R.L. Stine
Never read this series when I was little because I was afraid of them (my parents probably told me they were devil books). After reading, I’m not sure I would have liked them anyway. But at least I can say I read one now.
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park
I loved this series as a kid and it was nice to revisit as an adult.
Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture by Sara Petersen
medium-paced
3.0
In many ways this could have been a series of articles. A lot of it was the author talking about herself. Obviously I’m not the target audience so this might hit more for moms who just want someone to validate their struggles. Which is fair.
I wish she had done a deeper analysis between the connection of the crunchy mom and fascist beliefs in the glorification of the body. She points out that it’s a very easy path to take in a nation that has basically zero support for pregnant people during and after birth, with some of the worst outcomes for pregnant people in the “developed” world. It’s tempting to fall into that pipeline when pregnant people are routinely ignored and their problems brushed off as anxiety. Add to that the extreme lack of medical studies geared towards pregnancy and a history of medical racism and sexism and you get the hell that is being pregnant in America. Of course you would glom onto bullshit woo-woo “trust your body always and ignore the medical establishment in favor of essential oils and breathing techniques. Actually it’s good to suffer and prove how tough you are in childbirth.”
Also wish she had included a section on the exploitation of children for social media.
Good enough but could be better.
I wish she had done a deeper analysis between the connection of the crunchy mom and fascist beliefs in the glorification of the body. She points out that it’s a very easy path to take in a nation that has basically zero support for pregnant people during and after birth, with some of the worst outcomes for pregnant people in the “developed” world. It’s tempting to fall into that pipeline when pregnant people are routinely ignored and their problems brushed off as anxiety. Add to that the extreme lack of medical studies geared towards pregnancy and a history of medical racism and sexism and you get the hell that is being pregnant in America. Of course you would glom onto bullshit woo-woo “trust your body always and ignore the medical establishment in favor of essential oils and breathing techniques. Actually it’s good to suffer and prove how tough you are in childbirth.”
Also wish she had included a section on the exploitation of children for social media.
Good enough but could be better.
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees by Matthieu Aikins
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.0