We just moved. Now we have more room for shelves (at least 8 more). I mostly just posted this to show my brass cat bookends😺. #shelfie @Eggs
My first post from our new place. Food books 🤤👩🏻🍳🍜.
I watch for “the flying ball of fur.” https://youtu.be/clRqZ_ATQbs?si=BQJj_9YiNy9qY2Y4
“The system of patriarchy can function only with the cooperation of women. This cooperation is secured by a variety of means: gender indoctrination; the denial to women of knowledge of their history; the dividing of women, one from the other, by defining ‘respectability‘ and ‘deviance‘ according to women‘s sexual activities; by restraints and outright coercion; by discrimination in access to economic resources and political power; and by awarding-
Darn it Hozier, this is your fault! No I‘ve read large parts and summaries before. He just inspired the purchase with his music. 🔥
“I‘ve always liked asking questions. I was a precocious and curious child,probably a little annoying in my insistence to understand:Why?Why?Why? Fortunately for me my mother used the library as a babysitter. (my note: and worked in them) I always had my face in a book. I looked for answers in novels, history, science-anywhere they might be hiding. And on the long drive to and from town everyday, my parents played NPR‘s All Things Considered.”TRUE
“I am an anthropologist,and I do love anthropology. But my field is not without its problems,as its roots are in race science.Anthropology was(is?) deeply connected to the activities of seventeenth-and eighteenth century European travelers who used their observations of the world to fine-tune their theories about human nature.Many of the most consequential and lasting ideas about race were also about gender, and vice versa;a particularly enduring
#sundayfunday. @BookmarkTavern It doesn‘t really matter for everyday acquaintances. For more:
Mythology, classic lit , French lit, Russian lit, art books, etc. I‘m not that picky 🤓.
He seems to have good taste. I take issue with the above. She‘s only perhaps underrated by todays younger generations in certain parts of the world ( read , USA). Fight me 😜
The Holiday season means book lists. https://apps.npr.org/best-books/?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_...
I‘ve been into these guys a lot lately. Hmm 🤔 I wonder why.
1. I connect literary references. I color coordinate without thinking about it ?♀️. Mom mentioned I take two hours long bathes. I don‘t think that‘s all that quirky. 2. The above and anything by Angela Carter. #two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
I‘m just placing this right here.
It‘s humongous! I first read Ulysses in my late teens-early twenties 🥰. Not this edition. I‘m thrilled to add it to my collection. It‘s a coffee table book. It might just crack the coffee table.
Now I want noodles shaped like Frankenstein.
https://www.tor.com/2023/10/30/mary-shelley-and-the-noodle-that-created-science-...
1. Being creative
2. Empathic
3. Curiosities/asking questions/research
4. Making people laugh
5. Plants/nature/gardening
6. Snuggles
7. Taking things too personally
8. Talking about books
9. Being imaginative
10. Bouncing between being good socially, pretty awkward or total isolation.
11. Hanging out w my cats
@Eggs #wonderouswednesday
How a translation of “The Iliad” into modern language reinforces its relevance. PBS https://youtu.be/6ALC6-5Apzs?si=s5AurPqk1_RdNSCv Wilson‘s tattoos are nifty!
Mom is currently reading through Elizabeth Hand books. Of course I started reading her in the 80s 😝. This one comes out on the 3rd. Has anyone read it yet?
Lady With an Ermine By Jeff Stanford. Not related to picture: Get $5 off on Etsy on a purchase over $25 til tomorrow.
Oh look my high school is famous! I went there before (90s) the internet and social media became the behemoth they are now. I‘ll let you know what I think.
YES!!!! Welcome to another edition of “be glad your mother volunteers in a used bookstore.”