this is beautifully written; I read the german translation and I imagine the original is even better. it talks mostly about love, in a heteroromantic way, but also love for a mother, life and music. I'll definitely read more by toni morrison.
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reading crustacean wants to read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and …
reading crustacean wants to read The Book of Koli by M. R. Carey (Rampart Trilogy, #1)
The Book of Koli by M. R. Carey (Rampart Trilogy, #1)
Beyond the walls of the small village of Mythen Rood lies an unrecognizable world. A world where overgrown forests are …
reading crustacean wants to read Ungleich vereint by Steffen Mau
Ungleich vereint by Steffen Mau
Wer in der Ost-West-Debatte mit Schuldbegriffen operiert, ist schon auf dem Holzweg
reading crustacean started reading Die Angst kam erst danach by Ingrid Strobl (Die Frau in der Gesellschaft)
Die Angst kam erst danach by Ingrid Strobl (Die Frau in der Gesellschaft)
Von der Rettung jüdischer Kinder bis zur »Liquidierung« von Gestapospitzeln, von der Herstellung falscher Papiere bis zum Transport von Waffen …
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Jules, reading quoted Against Purity by Alexis Shotwell
The world is in a terrible mess. It is toxic, irradiated, and full of injustice. …
Living well might feel impossible, and certainly living purely is impossible. The slate has never been clean, and we can't wipe off the surface to start fresh -- there's no "fresh" to start. Endocrine-disrupting soap doesn't offer a purity made simple because there isn't one. All there is, while things perpetually fall apart, is the possibility of acting from where we are. Being against purity means that there is no primordial state we might wish to get back to, no Eden we have desecrated, no pretoxic body we might uncover through enough chia seeds and kombucha. There is not a preracial state we could access, erasing histories of slavery, forced labor on railroads, colonialism, genocide, and their concomitant responsibilities and requirements. There is no food we can eat, clothing we can buy, or energy we can use without deepening our ties to complex webs of suffering.
This book champions the usefulness of thinking about complicity and compromise as a starting point for action.
— Against Purity by Alexis Shotwell (Page 11 - 12)
reading crustacean started reading Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
In the tradition of Octavia Butler, radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures we want.
Inspired by Octavia …
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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair
Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet …
reading crustacean finished reading Jazz by Toni Morrison
Jazz by Toni Morrison
It is winter, barely three days into 1926, seven years after Armistice; we are in the scintillating City, around Lenox …
reading crustacean reviewed Jazz by Toni Morrison
It is winter, barely three days into 1926, seven years after Armistice; we are in …
the writing!
4 stars
reading crustacean wants to read Blutbuch by Kim de l'Horizon
Blutbuch by Kim de l'Horizon
Eine Lektüre, die an der Körperwahrnehmung und an den eigenen Gewissheiten rüttelt.
Die Erzählfigur in Blutbuch identifiziert sich weder als …
reading crustacean wants to read Wir kommen by Liquid Center
Wir kommen by Liquid Center
»Im Orgasmus vergehen Generationen.« Was passiert, wenn 18 Autorinnen aus mehreren Generationen sich gemeinsam über Sexualität und Begehren austauschen? …
reading crustacean wants to read Revolutionäre Stadtteilarbeit by Vogliamo tutto
Revolutionäre Stadtteilarbeit by Vogliamo tutto
Vor einigen Jahren ist in der radikalen Linken in Deutschland eine Strategiedebatte darüber entbrannt, wie die politische Arbeit von einer …
reading crustacean wants to read Means and Ends by Zoe Baker
Means and Ends by Zoe Baker
Means and Ends is a new overview of the revolutionary strategy of anarchism in Europe and the United States between …
reading crustacean finished reading The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk
omg war das kitschig... aber trotzdem unterhaltsam, obwohl es sehr lang ist!