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“That’s an excellent suggestion, Miss Triggs. Perhaps one of the men here would like to make it.”

Women & Power by Mary Beard

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What do the Odyssey‘s Penelope and Elizabeth Warren have in common? One was told to shut up, the other to sit down, and thus both were denied the right to power and leadership in the form of public speech. Based on two of her lectures concerning women’s relationship with power, Mary Beard demonstrates in this book that attitudes from the Greco-Roman world are still prevalent. This is a really short book, but there is so much thought-provoking information in it, and Beard is so succinct […]

There’s no theme with these!

The Indifferent Stars Aboe by Daniel James Brown

Followers by Megan Angelo

Timeline by Micahel Crichton

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The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown I don’t know how much the rest of America/the world learns about the Donner Party in school but for me, growing up in Northern California, it was local history and something that was taught to us in the fourth grade, probably right after we did the mission project. I enjoyed learning about the Donner Party at the time, because nine year olds are morbid little assholes who find people having to resort to cannibalism fascinating, but never […]

Freedom, what does it mean?

On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky

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What comes to mind when one hears the words ‘anarchism’ or ‘anarchy’? Maybe lawlessness, survival of the fittest, or people throwing bricks through storefront windows and Molotov cocktails at the police. There is, however, the political theory of anarchism which proclaims that everyone has the right to be free, and if this freedom is curtailed, then only for legitimate reasons. That sounds like it would lead to chaos or law of the jungle, but it does not, because social anarchists believe in a highly organized […]

Fred’s Big Feelings and how they shaped us

Fred's Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers by Laura Renauld

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Fred’s Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers is a love story to Fred Rogers.vand Bridgett Barrager start this book with the iconic living room many of us grew up “in”. Then they head back to 1930’s Philadelphia where we see how Fred Rogers became Mr. Rogers: a boy teased for his weight and had asthma, so he was unable to play like other kids. And finally, we end back in that famous living room. The life, times and thought of Rogers comes […]

Slow Burn

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

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Best for: Anyone who enjoys quality journalism, excellent writing, and people in power starting to be held accountable. In a nutshell: Journalist Farrow starts investigating Harvey Weinstein and uncovers not just confirmation of his predation, but the people in power who repeatedly covered up his crimes — and the crimes of others. Worth quoting: “Later, employee after employee would tell me the human resources office at the company was a sham, a place where complaints went to die.” Why I chose it: Given all that […]



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