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yesterday, my family had collard greens & black eyed peas, a traditional new years meal to bring good luck, prosperity, etc.
i‘m realizing for the past couple of years i’ve had a tradition of reading books w philosophical themes at the top of the year. i’ve done this somewhat unintentionally, but i think moving forward it’ll be an intentional undertaking. this year’s is night vision by mariana alessandri. past years’ include dinosaurs by lydia millet, song of solomon by toni morrison, and more i‘m blanking on rn.
Jan 2, 2025
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hii!⭐️ these are the books i'm currently reading:
- crime and punishment (fyodor dostoevsky)
- less is more: how degrowth will save the world (jason hickel)
- history (elsa morante)
- the copenhagen trilogy: childhood, youth, dependency (tove ditlevsen)
- beloved (toni morrison)
- pedagogy of the oppressed (paulo freire)
i like reading multiple books at a time depending on how i feel, but when i'm about to finish one i usually focus on it until the end.
up next:
- intermezzo (sally rooney)
- the seven moons of maali almeida (shehan karunatilaka)
- an autobiography (angela y. davis)
- the light years (elizabeth jane howard)
- the forbidden notebook (alba de céspedes)
Feb 7, 2025
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Ever since I graduated college (I was an English major), I haven't really felt the urge to read that much anymore, but I'm starting now (more like since 2022) and I don't think I have had this much fun reading since high school (I had an intense YA novel phase)
1. All About Love by bell hooks
- Obviously everyone on the internet knows this book and/or has heard about it somehow!! This book is a very basic book when it comes to people wanting to know more about themselves and how to love themselves and the community around them. It was mostly about stuff that I'm already thinking about so it was okay.
2. Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks
- NOW THIS ONE??? This one is fucking delicious!! It takes a more anecdotal look at how to incorporate love btwn self and community thru bell's own life thru the rise of feminism in the 60's and 70's. I found myself really jiving with this more bc oftentimes in my life I've felt invalidated when it comes to not only romantic love, but also just wanting to be loved and desired in general. So if ur a lovergirl/boy/person, I'd highly suggest reading this bc bell gives us the voice and tools to understand why we want love and care about the topic itself so much, while helping us to pursue it in a healthy way.
3. Goddesses in Everywoman: A New Psychology for Women by Jean Shinoda Bolen M.D.
- This book is an interesting one bc it takes the archetype of 7 Greek goddesses: Hera, Persephone, Demeter, Hestia, Athena, Artemis, and Aphrodite and talks about how each goddess can show up stronger in every woman at different parts of her life. It also explains if they have more than one goddess in them or more energy of one than the other, what the strengths and weaknesses are, and how to make them adapt to modern life
I'm reading this rn and I'm enjoying it fully (mostly bc I am a greek mythology buff), but it's also helping me recognize a lot of the parts of me that I knew were there, but it just helps me look at it from a different lens.
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- He's like our generation's James Baldwin and he wrote this book as a letter for his son, and the first time I read this, I actually cried. It was that beautiful to see a black man taking the time to eloquently articulate how the world views black people and how his son (who has privilege) can operate within our society. An incredible book to read if u would want to read a father connect with his son in a very intimate and refreshing way :)
I'll make another post about the books I want to read this year :)))
Apr 23, 2024
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1. started reading this autobiographical graphic novel: persepolis by marjane satrapi - super cute illustrations and i know its going to make me feel so many emotions!!!
2. trying to get into more poetry with a river dies of thirst by mahmoud darwish - a palestinian poetry collection and im trying to savor every piece as much as possible 💓
Nov 11, 2024
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the shell makes the snack. the little cracking sound as it snaps apart in your fingers is almost worth it on its own. i love sharing them (my mom and i used to do this often growing up) and watching them pile up. it’s messy, but not too messy. it’s fussy, but not too fussy.
i like the taste too.
Jan 7, 2025
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saw it yday by myself, havent read anything, and only talked to one friend abt it so far, but initial reaction: i really liked it. at first i was kind of ”yawn white feminism” “yawn voyeuristic dom fantasy” but i liked the grayness of it and how clumsy their sub dom relationship was at first. that felt honest and funny. and though i guess the sex was important to the movie, it wasn’t really about that. ultimately, it seemed that puritanism and corporate feminism and the masking it encourages became the villain. and that i can get behind. i look forward to watching it again or hearing from others and seeing how my perspective changes.
also i’ll watch nicole kidman in anything really and the shots of harrison dickinson in the tank w the little gold chain is my kinda female gaze.
Jan 5, 2025