The Pebble and the Boy (2021)
8.0
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The story follows John Parker, a 19 year old from Manchester who embarks on a journey to Brighton,...
Paradigm Lost: Jamari and the Manhood Rites: Part 1
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A forest paradise surrounded by lands gutted from corporate greed. The Elk Creek Tribe holds the...
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Making the Children's Year: Seasonal Waldorf Crafts with Children
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Marije Rowling has revisited the book she originally co-wrote with two friends and brings new...
World Spirituality
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Our planet is becoming a global village, yet enormous differences remain in culture and spiritual...
The Best of is it Just Me or is Everything Shit?
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An encylopedic attack on modern culture and the standard reference work for everyone who believes...
Blue Guide Florence
Alta Macadam and Annabel Barber
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Completely updated, this edition contains superb coverage of painting, architecture and sculpture as...
Ireland's Wild Plants: Myths, Legends & Folklore
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Ireland's wild plants have been part of our culture and folklore from the earliest times, featuring...
Xeodrifter
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Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of...
Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Bad Feminist in Books
Nov 23, 2017
Her essays on the intersection of feminism with misogynistic pop culture was incredibly on point, exploring E.L. James' infamous BDSM novel Fifty Shades of Grey, as well as other popular novels such as Twilight. She briefly mentions rape culture and how all of the above feeds into this notion.
Similarly her discussion on how race is portrayed in major Hollywood motion pictures is accurately disturbing - showing how African Americans are used in plots as a way to prop up white protagonists (The Help, Django Unchained).
Some of her other chapters seemed disconnected as if they were put in the book because there was no other place for it. This appears in the chapter on Scrabble. (Playing Scrabble doesn't make you a bad feminist).
There were a lot of haphazard thoughts that didn't quite thread together with the rest of the book ie. abortion rights, and male politicians' views on body autonomy. Gay was pretty adamant on her views on this, which appeared to showcase her opinion that she truly is a feminist.
The underlying message was that you may have flaws by enjoying aspects of pop culture, but as long as you are aware of how important it is that women receive equal rights, you can be any kind of feminist. But the book does feel as if she's trying to prove it to herself and to the world which seems rather unnecessary. We believe you Roxane.
Old Kyoto: a Guide to Traditional Shops, Restaurants, and Inns
Lucy Birmingham and Donald Richie
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A travelogue-cum-guidebook, useful for the traveller seeking to find the real Kyoto'. It focuses on...