Luke Estrada
Super interesting, I wish I had read this with someone or maybe in a class. I'm sure most of it went over my head. I greatly appreciated the critique of missionary colonization
Whenever I'd put this book down, I'd talk in a southern accent for like a half-hour. I cried, it was great
The best books, paintings, movies, really any work of art, for me, is when the artist makes it feel like the secret of their creativity is just there for the taking. It makes me want to write and create too.
I loved this book and its meditation on love and friendship and art and holy days.
Honestly a little disappointing after The Will to Change and All About Love. It's still bell hooks, so it's obviously worth the time, but I don't think I was the target demo
I want to recommend this book to anyone thinking about masculinity/feminity and gender roles, but I think that person would be disappointed. This is a book that has that conversation as an element, but I found it far more engaging as an exploration of friendship and intimacy. I've still yet to read anything by Le Guin that I haven't been stuck thinking about for days
There's a lot in this book that I'm still unpacking, but just like All About Love, it has changed my life. Masculinity as taught by patriarchy affects everyone and shapes everyone for the worse, even soft-boy-good-guys
It's an important book because of its difficult message, but it badly needs to be updated to reflect the reality of modern internet porn. It also just isn't accessible if you're not already invested in feminism or deconstructing masculinity, I need a resource I can just hand other men and not have them turned off right from the start by accusations that they hate women (which, maybe they do, but that kind of language cuts off the conversation before it can start). It was hard to read.
Undoubtedly helpful for people transitioning into new jobs, especially jobs where they'll be managing others for the first time. But I just couldn't get into it at all; it reads more like a business textbook than anything else
Very few people actually enjoy the experience of running a marathon, but when it's done they feel like they've got to brag about it and maybe they should. Moby-Dick has been on my list for about a decade and I couldn't get it done. Now it's done and I will absolutely be obnoxious about it
This might be the first page-turner I've read in a long time, I legit had to pace myself to enjoy it longer. The romance is passionate and real, the mythmaking is exactly the kind of pulp I'm into. I'm embarrassed to say that this is the first book I've read that predominantly features an LGBT romance, but I'm happy to say it won't be the last
Honestly better than the first book; better characters, building deeper relationships with the original cast (although Naomi is flat and just a love interest prop for Holden). Fun to be in space!
An absolute monster of a book for an absolute monster of a man. It's hard to hate Robert Moses when I directly benefit from so many of his works but it's undeniable that he did more harm than good. A great read about what absolute power can do