Hi I'm Jules,
I read a lot of disability related more academic stuff, anarchism and whatever else looks interesting or helpful. And then mostly queer fantasy, science fiction / speculative fiction to relax.
I read mostly e-books for accessibility reasons. So if you're interested in a book on my lists, just send me a DM. I can point you to sources or just send it over.
I'm also @queering_space@weirder.earth
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41% complete! Jules, reading has read 5 of 12 books.
TBC
I like it so far!
And it's nice to hear neutral pronouns casually used in a German translation, not even in a central character or as an explicit theme. Just like a random normal thing. Every book needs that.
Wortwörtlich ist die Bedeutung von amateurism: eine »Aktivität, welche geleitet wird von Fürsorge und Liebe« (Said 1994a: 61). Die heutigen Intellektuellen sollen Said zufolge Amateure sein, die sich nicht in Sorge darüber zeigen sollten, ob das von ihnen Gesagte den Leuten gefällt oder wie sie Profit daraus schlagen können. Ihre Praxis solle dagegen idealiter eine ethische sein, die von dem Willen geleitet wird, etwas verändern zu wollen und mithin vom Wunsch getragen ist, soziale Verantwortung zu übernehmen (vgl. ebd.: 61 f.). Verärgert bemerkt er, dass »heutige Intellektuelle […] eher […] Literaturprofessoren und -professorinnen mit einem sicheren Einkommen und keinem Interesse an einer Auseinandersetzung mit der Welt außerhalb des Seminarraums [sind]. Solche Individuen […] schreiben esoterische und barbarische Prosa, die vor allem auf akademische Förderung und nicht auf soziale Veränderung abzielen.« (Ebd.: 53) Said erscheint dies verdächtig.
— Postkoloniale Theorie by María do Mar Castro Varela, Nikita Dhawan (Page 144)
TBC
One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in …
It's just too annoying, I don't have unlimited time in this earth.
And the reading of the audio book is extra bad. Like why would you make them talk like machines from the 80s, this is bad.
I'm not sure if there will be a good ending that makes up for it but I fear there's not.
Do not recommend. Interesting world building aspects and neopronouns don't make up for the terrible love story.
Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability …
After a very long break I'm finally finishing this one off by reading the last chapter about disability in popular college films and I'm once again appalled by US culture.
Not that we don't have enough shit going on over here as well, it just seems less ... in your face horrible.
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed …
I think this book is even more important for allo people to read than it is for aces. Seriously, if you never thought and learned about asexuality, this would be a great way to start.
For me personally it was not much new stuff. But there were still interesting and thought provoking bits here and there. And it got better towards the end.
I'm not doing star ratings but it's a worthwhile read!
Ela Przybylo: Asexual Erotics (The Ohio State University Press)
Asexual Erotics: Intimate Readings of Compulsory Sexuality attends to the silence around asexuality in queer, feminist, and lesbian thinking from …
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed …
But a life of being understood without any uncomfortable conversations does not exist for anyone. Talking and listening are the only sure ways to make intentions clear.
— Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen (Page 174)
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed …
For Zee, sex goes from "vaguely amusing" to "deeply chore-like" after the first two weeks of a relationship. Sex isn't repulsive, but it's a hobby other people have that Zee doesn't care for, like bowling.
— Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen (Page 169)
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed …
As long as people don't know about asexuality - hell, forget about the label, so long as they don't know that saying no forever and for any reason and in any context is okay - sex education, sex therapy, and popular depictions of sex are incomplete and people don't have the relevant information to fully consent.
— Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in …
Okay, I have no idea where this is going. Things changed and the worldbuilding is still interesting. But that's the only thing really.
The love stuff (now in the form of whining) is still annoyingly boring and it's like 90% inner monologue and self pity and repetitive... ugh. I'm having a really hard time not quitting.
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to …
One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in …
Content warning I don't know
This love story is so incredibly boring. And the whole baby thing?
I can only hope there's more to come.
One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in …
A bit clumsy and obvious when it came to setting the social parameters with everyone that will be involved.
But I do enjoy the worldbuilding and how our two main characters get to know each other.
It is all very not dramatic so far, although there's a lot of potential. I'm curious to see if that's going to chance now they arrived on the planet.
One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in …
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