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how to Become 101

big trans feelings

Not sure how to rate this, but I learned a lot about ‘O Canada''s ironies and also the history of the minstrel show

made me want to read more and dig in further

2.5 stars, for family book club

I like some parts of this lot - especially from about 55% to 85% of the way through or so, but I felt like the characterization fell flat for me as did the love story. I want better for her!

I was thinking a lot while reading this about why she was so disconnected from other social realities, and in what fanfic way could I get her networked in. Does she really never meet a single good person or do we just stop following her life so closely at that point?

Very feminine mystique. great jumping off point for older folks in family book club to talk about the changing faces of misogyny/patriarchy/white supremacy.

Love nested metanarratives

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Moved very much by the journey and the attempt to reveal the relationships that have been invisiblized at scale.
I feel like I was hungry for a more critical engagement with settler colonialism, histories of enslavement, and so forth that are also a big part of the story of why many of us are disconnected from the earth.

So deeply by the opening essay
questions upon questions

read entirely in the bath

crying outside the cafe

read a joyous scribbled and torn copy of this at the cafe

devoured the rewrite from ch 36 to 96 in a 36 hour time span

some compelling essays!
I enjoyed the interweaving of more academic style theory with interviews,artist works, and roundtables.

an evocative & quick read read

It took me a bit of time to connect with the style, but I ended up enjoying the shifting perspectives and literary references!

A solid 2.5

I enjoyed all the lists and perks; the before & afters

I learned some things, I especially appreciated the terms and definitions! I struggled with the attempts at being ‘relatable' as a millennial that felt a bit patronizing, and, for me, often off base?

I did appreciate her recognition that she has been incredibly lucky

loved that that this book went there - I haven't read a book that wasn't primarily operating in the horror as metaphor space only in quite awhile (:

solid 1.5 stars

cute cat pictures
somewhat comforting fluff
very “head empty” meme

cute pictures, silly tone (:

I so enjoyed this slow & meandering peek into someone's practice around ‘nothingness', as a really a reconnection to place, presence, relationship. it is definitely theory/reflection!

a meditation on the seasons
struck by the focus on the cold water dips

like the tarot of vague but beautiful architectural archetypes

I loved this framework for cooking

a powerful series on reflections on cities, desire, semi-public sex, and what isn't networking

I was enraptured by the old times square memorialized here, and struck by the the second essay wherein Delaney explores what makes cities work, and how cities are special and powerful

I hadn't read a serialized comic strip in a collection in a very long time. I enjoyed digging into a bit of this classic and its dramatic nature of long term relationships and chosen family, family making. Much of the comic feels very situated in time and place, which is an asset.

I did find the art style/size of handwriting difficult to read at times!