Emily Gorcenski started reading The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy by Tom Chivers
This book is going to piss me off, I can tel already
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This book appears to have two different titles. This is the title listed on the author’s website.
Emily Gorcenski finished reading Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne
An urgent exploration of men’s entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, …
This book was more interesting than I initially expected it to be. It’s not a bad introduction to the current wave of (distinctly white, American) feminist argumentation, and while Manne does make sure to acknowledge Black, trans, and indigenous feminism(s), the book eventually swings towards an inevitable slant of contemporary progressive white feminism, particularly in the last chapters. This weakens the book somewhat, but it nevertheless provides for a good overview of feminist thought.
Emily Gorcenski started reading Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne
An urgent exploration of men’s entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, …
Jumping into this book viewing feminism through the lens of male entitlement. It’s shockingly more refreshing, modern, and accessible than I expected it to be.
Emily Gorcenski finished reading White Nationalists by The New York Times Editorial Staff
In August of 2017, a group of torch-bearing white nationalists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia as …
Interesting little collection of NYT articles on white nationalism. It’s weird seeing your name, your friends’ names, in a literal history book.
At least they appear on the right side of it.
Emily Gorcenski started reading Invisible Man (Penguin Modern Classics) by Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man is the story of a young black man from the South who does …
On to #19 of the Modern Library list. Very excited to dive into this book, which is, as I understand it, one of the classics of Black American 20th Century literature.
Emily Gorcenski started reading White Nationalists by The New York Times Editorial Staff
In August of 2017, a group of torch-bearing white nationalists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia as …
Time to traumatize myself again
Emily Gorcenski finished reading Sticker by Henry Hoke
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of …
My god, my god what a book. Moving and poetic, this book is a memoir of what it means to be from Charlottesville, through lenses you probably can’t understand if you’re not from here, but you should try anyways. Beautifully written.
Emily Gorcenski started reading Sticker by Henry Hoke
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of …
Diving into this little book from one of Charlottesville’s best
Emily Gorcenski finished reading Studs Lonigan by James T. Farrell
William V. Lipton from Ann Arbor, MI says: "This is both a coming-of-age novel and …
A rich trilogy with a magnificent amount of color, a tragic depression tale. It’s perhaps also worth saying that this book has the highest density of racial slurs of any book I’ve ever read. There’s practically at least one on every page, and there are nearly 900 pages.