Goblin finished reading Dixie Be Damned: 300 Years of Insurrection in the American South by Neal Shirley
I learned a lot. The authors cover several events I hadn't heard of. The analysis is from an anarchist perspective.
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Goblin rated Gender/Fucking: 5 stars
Goblin finished reading Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson
SISTER MINE
We'd had to be cut free of our mother's womb. She'd never have …
I've enjoyed everything I've read from Nalo Hopkinson including this novel. I'm still trying to figure out everything that happened at the end though. I've finished reading the book but in a sense I'm not finished with the story.
Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers by Anne Balay
Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely …
Goblin rated The Wretched of the Earth: 5 stars
The Wretched of the Earth by Jean-Paul Sartre, Frantz Fanon, Richard Philcox, and 1 other
Goblin commented on The Wretched of the Earth by Jean-Paul Sartre
So many people reference Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth, so many people talk of its influence, that I had to read it. And it didn't disappoint. Fanon's analysis of colonial and post-colonial dynamics is so sharp, so enlightening. He repositioned the frames to show us a different view of the world. I'm still absorbing it, but I'm asking myself what it teaches us about our current struggles against oppression.
When reading, I skipped the 62 pages of introductory material that other people wrote and went directly to Fanon's first chapter. Then after finishing Fanon's text, I went back to read the bits at the beginning I had skipped.
Cornel West adds a relatively brief and insightful introduction to this edition, summarizing the importance of the work, putting it in context, and relating it to our present time. Exactly the sort of thing I'd expect from an introduction.
This …
So many people reference Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth, so many people talk of its influence, that I had to read it. And it didn't disappoint. Fanon's analysis of colonial and post-colonial dynamics is so sharp, so enlightening. He repositioned the frames to show us a different view of the world. I'm still absorbing it, but I'm asking myself what it teaches us about our current struggles against oppression.
When reading, I skipped the 62 pages of introductory material that other people wrote and went directly to Fanon's first chapter. Then after finishing Fanon's text, I went back to read the bits at the beginning I had skipped.
Cornel West adds a relatively brief and insightful introduction to this edition, summarizing the importance of the work, putting it in context, and relating it to our present time. Exactly the sort of thing I'd expect from an introduction.
This is followed by a 34 page foreword by Homi K. Bhabha from 2004. It's well worth reading after you've finished the book. A great analysis of the work.
Finally, Jean-Paul Sartre's original preface from 1961 is a 20 page denouncement of Europe, riffing off of Fanon's work but really it just feels like Sartre doing his own thing. I can't quite explain why Sartre's preface feels less connected to Fanon's work than Bhabha's forward, but that's how I took it.
Goblin commented on Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis …
It’s a collection of Angela Davis interviews and speeches between 2013 and 2015. As a result, there are topics that get covered several times. Nevertheless, it’s difficult for me to get bored from Davis’s words, so the repetition never bothered me. Davis’s perspective is just the sort of inspiration I need in these times.
Goblin rated Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: 5 stars
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis, Cornel West, Frank Barat
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles …
Goblin reviewed Bicycle Culture Rising #4 by Joe Biel
Learn about Kittie Knox and the early history of cycling in the US
5 stars
This thoroughly researched zine paints a fascinating portrait of Kittie Knox, a firebrand and an advocate for change in the early days of cycling. It explores her complicated relationship with the main cycling organization of her time, the League of American Wheelmen (today the League of American Bicyclists). And it describes her legacy, and how many of the issues of her day are still relevant today.
Goblin commented on Brace for Impact by Gabe Montesanti
I thought I was getting a queer book about roller derby. Brace for Impact is that, and it's also a memoir of overcoming a lot of challenges from growing up in a difficult family situation, separating from the unsupportive family, and learning to embrace chosen family in its place.
Goblin rated Brace for Impact: 4 stars
Goblin rated He/She/They: 4 stars
He/She/They by Schuyler Bailar
Go‑to expert on gender identity, Schuyler Bailar, offers an essential, urgent guide that changes the conversation about gender identity and …
Goblin commented on Dark Matter Volume 1: Rebirth by Joseph Mallozzi
The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of …
I recently heard there was a new series called Dark Matter coming out and briefly got excited until I realized it has nothing to do with the TV series of the same name from 10 years ago.
But it did prompt me to finally check out the graphic novel the show was based on. It's not bad, but honestly the TV series was more satisfying because it had time to develop the characters. As far as I can tell the Dark Horse comic series was a pitch for the TV pilot. Apparently it was an effective one.
I'm still wishing we could get a new Dark Matter miniseries or novel or something to continue following the Raza or at least tie up the loose ends where the show got cancelled.
Goblin rated Dark Matter Volume 1: Rebirth: 3 stars
Dark Matter Volume 1: Rebirth by Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie
The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, …