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The blurb I read said “time-travelling horror story and a fugue-like feminist manifesto “ Which was not at all helpful. There is no time travel, no real horror (as I understand it - certainly some discomfort perhaps, I can see this giving people the squicks around the feces scenes). I would say this is about art and creation and magic and hate and language. The last 2-3 chapters are very art house film.
3 short novellas of potential near futures and a superhero/police brutality thing. If I'd just read the first one maybe I'd have more hope for humanity but now I'm bluuuuue.
This reminded me of You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine by Alexandria Kleeman, less overall weird tho ( I mean still weird, but uh... just her, not the whole world) Maybe it's the something about the female protagonists and the fractured relationship with reality? I have a hard time resisting the automatic ‘jesus, trust fund kid much?' Just, profoundly unlikable, and yet also - we've all had days we just want to sleep forever instead of dealing with life? Esp with trauma, but still - hard to sympathize with poor little rich crazy
Remember when the climate crises seemed like people were finally maybe getting on board? This got on my tbr after we did a podcast about it in February/March 2020. cries in millenial
Anyway, this is middle grade level - maybe younger but with a parent to explain? - it breaks down the most recent child strike, the main environmental issues we are facing, and some actionable steps (which, after reading the secret life of groceries, might be more invested in shortening that supply chain) I'm not super convinced that the majority of people can be convinced that our everyday luxuries should be given up (ie I live with a long-shower-taker)
felt kinda like snowcrash in term of pace and cyberpunk, only without the mytho-linguistic stuff. Also ppls feelings felt like they change to fit plot needs but maybe I have no faith in the goodness of humanity?
Touches on similar themes of societal pressures and expectations as Convenience Store Woman but with a fairly different outcome.
simple breakneck chase narrative, all the ladies breaking shit and getting smashed. If you like female mercenaries and big guns, don't like religion or state-sanctioned suicide, this might be the read for you!
Some brilliant things have come through the lovecraftian revival, of which this is definitely one. Based off the King in Yellow mythology, the play that drives people crazy! Also set in Vancouver and features a lovely diverse cast of characters, I'm not sure I've ever read an asexual main character before. <3 <3 <3
I dug this book
Very good “stuck in a shitty small town” where the shittyness is both people AND monsters and the solution involves returning agency and choice.
Why yes, it is another coming of age story with a cute lesbian romance. But this one is with superheros
short on pages but dense in rethinking ideas. I'm totally with her last essay on the necessity of dance and singing for health.
Okay - it's not my favourite fat fitness book out there. Louise Green has a fairly white-middle-class-professional-vancouverite experience, and is more endurance focused. But it's nice that there is enough representation out there that I can point to 2-3 things I like better without straining too hard. (aside: I find it kinda weird that my roommate saw that I was reading this book and was all “y u reading that? ur not big!” half the magic of reading is reading outside your experience yo, and as a female bodied person most of this is still pretty relevant)
(I donno, maybe?)
One of the interesting things to compare after reading many nutrition books is the particular audience each one has. If a person is clinically obese fasting seems like a method that might be easier to handle than a forever low cal diet. Fasting + whole food/low added sugar diets with occasional feasting probably works well if you are not dealing with high stress/athletic performance demands/eating disorders or wtv. Fung notes that obesity involves multiple factors that might include insulin resistance, poor sleep habits, emotional trauma, or high stress environments : the fix for one person is not the fix for all but fasting is one tool (and you won't stave or lose all your gains while doing it!)
I don't know if I could imagine fasting n-times a week forever? I don't get the sense that there is a maintenance phase that doesn't involve regular fasting. Are there longitudinal studies that show how fasting as a weight maintenance techniques stack up against other diet methods? To be seen I guess.
Eastern European style monstrous folktales, short stories, light horror, much creepy. paired with archival photos of real people and some illustrations of those Russian nesting dolls. I like the photos better, esp when they show decay. but I'm an archivist so go help preserve them at http://colectiacosticaacsinte.eu
that was awful nice, reminds me a bit of the fruit/talking nipples book. laugh out loud funny with a tragic set of circumstance. deals with school bullying, suicide, school shooting, and starting at a new school.
I uh, maybe thought Glenn was the author until I finished and read the bio. I really liked this, the variation/repetition, the monkey brain, the stupid fights, all the library visits! I'm usually the sleeper but I think we've all had a late night where sleep seems impossible/ drank too much coffee or wtv and spent a white night trying not to look at the clock.
The story of one of the Korean “comfort women” and her experiences. Hard but important.