I love the way this talks about plants and relationships. I can appreciate the way the ableist word for Plant Awareness Disparity is commented on by including a blind character who is very much in touch with plants. I'm sceptical of a few ways this character is portrayed though.
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But recently we just read a few randomly picked up mystery books in a row, in German, and we tend to review books in the language we read them in. That or similar may happen again, be warned.
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Catship reviewed Das grüne Königreich by Cornelia Funke
Catship started reading The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a …
Catship reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells
Catship started reading System Collapse by Martha Wells
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.
Following the events …
Catship reviewed The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Very cozy-fierce
This is about outgrowing the oppressive structures you've been supporting, and working to tear them down.
Also I think the message is "you can always choose to be a weirdo and live with the weirdos", which makes me very happy.
Yeah I like this one. Much more than I liked Under the Whispering Door, even though that was also nice.
enne📚 quoted Escape from Incel Island by Margaret Killjoy
They don't call me Mankiller Jones for nothing. They call me Mankiller Jones because I tell people that's my name and I throw kind of a fit if anyone calls me anything else. Honestly, I have a feeling most people call me Shirley behind my back. Or Mx. Jones if they're feeling formal.
— Escape from Incel Island by Margaret Killjoy, Jonas Goonface (Page 1)
kiki quoted Die Zukunft ist nicht binär by Lydia Meyer
Laut dem Journalisten Tom Ehrhardt (er/ihn), der einen ganzen Podcast über Lana Kaisers Geschichte geschrieben hat, war Lana Kaiser die erste queer geoutete Person, die in Deutschland einen Nummer-eins-Hit hatte. Und ich finde, darüber wird viel zu wenig geredet. Statt ihr die visionäre Rolle zuzugestehen, die sie damals auch innehatte, wurde Kaiser in den Medien zur schrägen Außenseiterin mit psychischen Problemen hochstilisiert. Lana Kaiser wurde und wird – auch innerhalb der queeren Bubble – nicht als Ikone gefeiert, sondern vor allem pathologisiert und als Fall für die Boulevardpresse behandelt: eine verrückte Querschlägerin mit psychischen Problemen auf der Jagd nach Aufmerksamkeit.
Lana Kaiser hat damals (noch unter ihrem Deadname) bei der ersten Staffel "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" auf Platz drei geschafft.
Catship finished reading Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood
Catship started reading Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood
The disabled community has spent a long time fighting the idea that disabled people are, or should be, asexual. The ace community has struggled for as long as it has existed to prove that asexuality has nothing to do with disability. A disabled ace woman complicates both these political agendas, and it is perhaps in a situation like this that the question of legitimacy and in-group loyalty are most acute.
— Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
Not all aces have been welcoming of people like Cara. Members of the ace community, especially in early years, rejected disabled aces completely, insisting that they would delegitimize asexuality and make it impossible to prove that asexuality is not related to (or caused by) disability and sickness. Even the efforts to add the asexual exception to the DSM ended up being subtly ableist by focusing on how happy aces are. "Rather than challenging stigma against both mental illness and asexuality, it seeks instead to rid asexuality of the stigma of mental illness," writes Wake Forest gender studies scholar Kristina Gupta. "Such normalizing tactics may come at the cost of intersectional analyses and coalitional possibilities."
— Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
The details of why some groups find it harder than others to accept asexuality, or be accepted as ace, reveal the outlines of how sex and power and history have combined.
— Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
Catship started reading The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives …
Catship finished reading Die Träume anderer Leute by Judith Holofernes
Die Träume anderer Leute by Judith Holofernes
Album, Promotion, Tour. Beinahe zwanzig Jahre lang bestimmt die Dynamik des Musikbetriebs Judith Holofernes‘ Leben. In dieser Zeit wird sie, …