reading account of @unsuspicious@anarchism.space
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Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is …
My Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself …
nicely written and interesting, but too long for now
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home is taken away …
Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian high-modernist planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased …
Had to give it back to the library - I only managed to read 18 pages in 3 months! Maybe another time.... but this one really feels like work
A Deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and …
ok so when I started this book it was very reluctantly. i am abled and have not confronted my own ableism a lot, so i was expecting it to make me feel guilt, shame, the whole fragility shebang when confronted with one's own bigotry. but actually, i did not because a) this is a very funny book as elsa sjunneson writes in a very snarky way b) it is mostly about ableism in the media, so it didn't really teach me to change something about my behavior, specifically, but still got me to question some assumptions and thought patterns
Young Rhea is a miller's daughter of low birth, so she is understandably surprised when …
I liked this a lot - maybe a little less than "Nettle and Bone" by the same author because it's not quite as snarky. It's super wholesome and put me in a light mood. The characters are very likable and down to earth, plus it has a lot of fresh ideas and plays on common fantasy tropes, which I liked.
Child of two species, but part of neither, a new being must find his way. …
it is really interesting how I ended up being sympathetic with jodahs, my perspective towards the ooloi has changed a lot over the course of the story. some very interesting thoughts on biopolitics and human nature (the "human conflict" especially) and an entertaining read. as it has already been pointed out by other readers the gender essentialism is hard to endure sometimes. i think ooloi is a pretty cool gender though ^^
In 2008, as the storms of the financial crash blew, Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan …
the foreword was, to me, just a collection of buzzwords and had no real meaning, but the main body of the book was really nice. it gave me ideas of why the zad was able to win, not only in the physical space but maybe also on the way of developing other imaginaries that can help us leave capitalism, patriarchy and white supremacy behind. I loved the focus on ceremony. especially worthwhile for people trying to defend forest and village occupations e.g. #LütziBleibt
the author really does not know how to write a novel. there are a lot of platitudes and none of the characters has any depth.
Autonome Politik vom Beginn in den 1980er-Jahren bis in die Gegenwart ist der Gegenstand dieses …
die aktualisierte neuauflage enthält noch ein paar sachen über die zeit zwischen 2003 und 2020 - das fand ich den schwächsten teil des buches, schade! der erste teil hätte mir gereicht und ohne ihn hätte ich fünf sterne gegeben.
das beste an diesem buch sind eindeutig die vielen fotos. auch die zeitleiste unten auf jeder seite ist richtig gut - dadurch werden die ereignisse, die im buch beschrieben sind, in kontext gesetzt zu geschehnissen die zu der zeit die restliche welt bewegt haben. das ergibt insgesamt das gefühl, mitten drin zu sein. es ist auch alle paar seiten mal ein anonymer erlebnisbericht von leuten, die bei großen demos dabei waren oder aktionen gemacht haben. auf jeden fall habe ich jetzt das gefühl die grundlegenden "bewegungszyklen" der letzten paar jahre zu kennen und - oh boy, es wiederholt sich ja alles ständig! alle debatten schon tausendmal dagewesen. schön fand ich dass …
die aktualisierte neuauflage enthält noch ein paar sachen über die zeit zwischen 2003 und 2020 - das fand ich den schwächsten teil des buches, schade! der erste teil hätte mir gereicht und ohne ihn hätte ich fünf sterne gegeben.
das beste an diesem buch sind eindeutig die vielen fotos. auch die zeitleiste unten auf jeder seite ist richtig gut - dadurch werden die ereignisse, die im buch beschrieben sind, in kontext gesetzt zu geschehnissen die zu der zeit die restliche welt bewegt haben. das ergibt insgesamt das gefühl, mitten drin zu sein. es ist auch alle paar seiten mal ein anonymer erlebnisbericht von leuten, die bei großen demos dabei waren oder aktionen gemacht haben. auf jeden fall habe ich jetzt das gefühl die grundlegenden "bewegungszyklen" der letzten paar jahre zu kennen und - oh boy, es wiederholt sich ja alles ständig! alle debatten schon tausendmal dagewesen. schön fand ich dass die autoren der a.g. grauwacke sich mit ihrer sprechposition auseinandersetzen. der abschnitt zum patriarchat hat mich überrascht, so was durchdachtes hätte ich ehrlich gesagt nicht erwartet.
auf jeden fall hatte ich (bis auf das ende) großen spaß am lesen und fand viele passagen sehr witzig.
PRISONER OF NEW HALF-WAY TREE It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is …
what I liked most about the book is that there are so many different, fresh ideas in it. I loved the way the different societies are described and the non-human sentient creatures plus flora and fauna of New-Half-Way Tree. Also pretty cool that it is written in caribbean patois and that I learned something about caribbean culture e.g. the traditional carnival and its characters.
Also the story of Tan-Tan (the main character) is very intriguing and in many places it is unpredictable what will happen next.
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to …
there were so many fresh ideas in this book and I really enjoyed Binti's perspective, and how the main "superpower" is understanding one another.
I wasn't a big fan of the "mathematical trance" thing, idk it felt weird. If it had just been meditation, it would have been more convincing for me.
"Why do radical movements and spaces sometimes feel laden with fear, anxiety, suspicion, self-righteousness, and …
ok so I really liked this book in the beginning, but the authors repeat the main talking points over and over, which was a little tiresome. still, it had a lot of eye-openers and I liked the general direction, idea & tone of it.
there is also a critique up on the anarchist library: theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anon-on-the-poverty-of-joyful-militancy
I am not a great fan of lumping everything one fights against into one big thing and calling it Empire... I think most thoughts in the book would have gained some clarity if it had called capitalism, racism, patriarchy, etc. by their name.