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Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction | Catherine Belsey

pan

Varied between the incomprehensible, banal, and unconvincing. Just didn't work as a humorous introduction to life on other planets.

IriDas My vague recollections of my two university philosophy courses caused me to chuckle at your review. 7h

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rwmg

Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction | Catherine Belsey

#coffeeandabook

kspenmoll The best combo! 5d

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Jari-chan

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity | Judith Butler

so-so

So, I've read this. I've taken some notes. And I guess that's it, because I'm so not the target audience for this text. How am I supposed to understand any of this? But I know it's an important book and famous outside the bubble, too. So I'm glad it exists.

#roll100 @PuddleJumper

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lil1inblue

Stupidity | Avital Ronell

Dear Canadians,
I'm sorry our U.S. representatives are complete a$$hats. We don't all agree with them. I can't even imagine how bad the smoke is for y'all. But your response to this nonsense is freaking epic.
Love, lil1inblue

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/premier-us-republicans-wildfire-smoke-ti...
#ranttime #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub

Bookwormjillk This is funny. Sorry about your fires though Canada. 2mo

KadaGul So Canada 🇨🇦 is facing its Commercial Exhaust fans towards the USA 🇺🇸 so it doesn't have to deal with WILDFIRE 😤🤬😡😠😤🤬. It's natural wildfire 🔥🚒 when Californian wildfires harm bordering Canadian 🇨🇦 cities, no one raises a concern 🤨.#AnotherDumbIdeaByMango (edited) 2mo

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk My favorite part: "These are attention-seekers who can't come up with a good idea on health care or on making life more affordable," Kinew told The Canadian Press. "So they're playing games with something that's very serious." 2mo

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lil1inblue @KadaGul 🎯🎯🎯 In a different article I read, it was pointed out that smoke goes both ways across the border. This administration is so exhausting. 2mo

TheBookHippie Oy. 2mo

LiseWorks Hey Canada has been blamed for a lot of things over the years. Even snow is blamed on Canada. Do they actually want us to kind of have a glass wall or something to king the smoke on our side? 😆 🤣 2mo

Eggbeater It's ironic, republicans being concerned about the environment. I am sorry, Canada. 2mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie My "rep" can't show up in his district unless it's a fundraiser, but he can harass Canada? To refer back to my three lis thursday honorable mention: "Fuck wank bugger shitting arse head in hole." 2mo

lil1inblue @LiseWorks What was that thing the #fluorescentfascist wanted to do to stop the hurricanes? Maybe that will work on the smoke. 🤣🤣🤣 (Also, thanks for the snow. I enjoy it. 😉) 2mo

lil1inblue @Eggbeater How do the people who support them not see the inconsistency? I will never understand. 🤔 2mo

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue honest to god these people 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 2mo

willaful I love Vonnegut's description of the Totalitarian mind as like gears with missing teeth: “The missing teeth, of course, are simple, obvious truths, truths available and comprehensible even to ten-year-olds, in most cases.

The willful filing off of gear teeth, the willful doing without certain obvious pieces of information... That is the closest I can come to explaining the legions, the nations of lunatics I‘ve seen in my time.“

Mother Night: A Novel

2mo

Suet624 This regime and their republican followers are e.x.h.a.u.s.t.i.n.g. 2mo

AnnCrystal 🇨🇦🇺🇲🥺🙏🏼💝. 1mo

TheLudicReader Wab Kinew is the BEST! (He‘s an author, too.)

Walking in Two Worlds

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lil1inblue @willaful What an excellent quotation. Thank you. It's going in my journal. 🙌 1mo

lil1inblue @Suet624 I'm so tired! 1mo

lil1inblue @TheLudicReader Thank you! I didn't know he was an author. Immediately adding him to the tbr! 👏 👏 👏 1mo

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Jari-chan

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity | Judith Butler

I'm always excited to get the new #roll100 picks! August will be some light summer reading about language and juciste, about Gender Trouble and how Social Media changes how we see our bodies (that one actually fits the season).

@PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper Hm yes very 'light' reading 😂 2mo

Jari-chan @PuddleJumper I guess I save the heavy reading for later 😅 2mo

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HannaB

Realismo Capitalista: �no hay alternativa? | Mark Fisher

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IriDas

Self-Therapy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Inner Wholeness Using Ifs, a New, Cutting-Edge Therapy | Jay Earley

#mentalhealthmonday

Late because work started back yesterday so I was busy, which was good for my mental health. I have ADHD so unless there‘s a “fire”, it‘s difficult for me to keep myself moving and focused. And with this mess in Iran, (and Dodgers having a travel day, lol), I would have probably been frozen in bed.

Kerrbearlib

TheBookHippie It‘s good to keep busy. 3mo

AnnCrystal 🫂💝. 3mo

Kerrbearlib I have ADHD too and know just what you mean. Thank you for sharing (edited) 3mo

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Owls31092

The Oxford Handbook of Political Science | Robert E. Goodin

We‘re reading a surprise second book! As part of grad school, I‘ve been reading The Oxford Handbook of Political Science and have actually found it to be very interesting. I‘ve even been reading a few extra chapters outside the syllabus. I‘ll definitely be reading more of these in the future! #politicalscience #oxfordhandbooks #robertgoodin #oxfordhandbookofpoliticalscience #americanpolitics #internationalpolitics #comparativepolitics #theory

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nikamavrody

Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things (a John Hope Franklin Center Book) | Jane Bennett

On my mind this morning, a priori https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/8388/walter-like-water-a-m-homes.

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Hooked_on_books

Genre | John Frow

I found this cool little map on Mental Floss. The article didn‘t add anything, so I didn‘t bother to post the link. I‘m surprised by the popularity of poetry! And my mom and aunt definitely contribute to mystery being the most popular in California! 😆

BarbaraJean It's SO interesting to see poetry show up more often than mystery!! I'd have thought mystery would be more widespread as a popular genre. 6mo

Hooked_on_books @BarbaraJean Right?!? That really surprised me, too. Especially since I‘ve heard a million times that poetry doesn‘t sell and I know mystery sells well. So surprising! 6mo

sarahbarnes I‘m slightly disappointed that Colorado came in as a romance state…. 6mo

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Kristy_K @BarbaraJean Agreed! I honestly thought mystery would be more prevalent. It seems a lot of the famous authors are in this genre. 6mo

Laughterhp How did they gather this data? I have a hard time believing all of New England is reading poetry… 6mo

Hooked_on_books @Laughterhp They collected Google Trends data of what people were searching for (and filtered out tv/movie searches). So, it may not be what people are actually reading, but it‘s what they‘re showing interest in. 6mo

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