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Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 commented on Antwerp by Michael Pye
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Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 started reading Antwerp by Michael Pye
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 finished reading Understanding Molecular Typography by H.F. Henderson
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 started reading Understanding Molecular Typography by H.F. Henderson
No clue what to think about this book
3 stars
It's a fast read, it's somewhat witty and self aware, but the characters are largely dipshits unaware of the harm they are doing. It's definitely a book only a white man could have written, but at the same time I don't hate it.
It's a fast read, it's somewhat witty and self aware, but the characters are largely dipshits unaware of the harm they are doing. It's definitely a book only a white man could have written, but at the same time I don't hate it.
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 finished reading Der Schlangenbaum by Uwe Timm
Eeh, it's an odd book
Eeh, it's an odd book
@stuebinm@preprint.books.exposed it's not just smelling the 60s but it's definitely also me smelling some other weirdnesses. Like it's also very much a white woman writing a black character, whose blackness somehow does not manage to influence his views and perspective at all? Idk it just feels suspect to have a character who says he grew up in basically the global south on earth and is black have no other experience of gender and culture as a white man from a 60s suburb in the US.
And idk the pronouns just feels like a missed opportunity to have at least the sections ostensibly narrated by Estraven not contradict Genly's pronoun choices. Right Estraven would have not called other Genthians "he" unless in kemmer. and idk thats honestly the thing that bothers me the least.
The weird and completely unchallenged assertions about progress of civilisation, the weird space EU and …
@stuebinm@preprint.books.exposed it's not just smelling the 60s but it's definitely also me smelling some other weirdnesses. Like it's also very much a white woman writing a black character, whose blackness somehow does not manage to influence his views and perspective at all? Idk it just feels suspect to have a character who says he grew up in basically the global south on earth and is black have no other experience of gender and culture as a white man from a 60s suburb in the US.
And idk the pronouns just feels like a missed opportunity to have at least the sections ostensibly narrated by Estraven not contradict Genly's pronoun choices. Right Estraven would have not called other Genthians "he" unless in kemmer. and idk thats honestly the thing that bothers me the least.
The weird and completely unchallenged assertions about progress of civilisation, the weird space EU and its cultural imperialism, and the bioessentialism bother me more, and all goes completely unchallenged by the author to the point where I think at least some of these views must be hers
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 started reading Der Schlangenbaum by Uwe Timm
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 reviewed The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #4)
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …
They was an option
5 stars
Tales a bit to get into, but then a gripping read. I can see why it's a classic, but I wish the author had been less of an anthropologist, and less bioessentialist at a bunch of points. The main narrator is unfortunately misogynistic, and his narrative decisions and views get rarely challenged by the other narrators even tho it could very well have been
Tales a bit to get into, but then a gripping read. I can see why it's a classic, but I wish the author had been less of an anthropologist, and less bioessentialist at a bunch of points. The main narrator is unfortunately misogynistic, and his narrative decisions and views get rarely challenged by the other narrators even tho it could very well have been
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 finished reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #4)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #4)
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female during each mating cycle, and …
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 commented on The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #4)
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …
How the fuck does a sound recording have footnotes!
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 commented on The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #4)
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …
Someone really loves the idea of the EU
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 commented on The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #4)
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …
Dear God this book really is written by an anthropologist