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Turning in my Feminist Card

Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real about Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America by Amy Reed

March 8, 2022 by BlackRaven 4 Comments

I am turning in my Feminist Card now I have written this review that will most likely be controversial. While I agree with much of what was said in Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real about Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America edited and introduction by Amy Reed, I had a hard time empathizing with most of the essays presented and therefore, had a hard time reading these essays by twenty-one authors. But then again, that was the point of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: 2016 Election, Aisha (Author), Alexandra (Author), Amber (Author), amy reed, Anna-Marie (Author), Brandy (Author), Brockenbrough, Brown, Charaipotra, Christine (Author), Colbert, Daud, Day, Deonn, Duncan, Ellen (Author), Goo, Gregorio (Author), Hannah (Author), Hopkins, Jaye Robin (Author), Jenny Torres (Author), Julie (Author), Kuehnert, Lacour, Martha (Author), Maurene (Author), McLemore, Menon, Moskowitz, Murphy, Nina (Author), Saeed, Sanchez, Sandhya (Author), Smith, Social Theme, Somaiya (Author), Sona (Author), Stephanie (Author), Tracy (Author), women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:89 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: 2016 Election, Aisha (Author), Alexandra (Author), Amber (Author), amy reed, Anna-Marie (Author), Brandy (Author), Brockenbrough, Brown, Charaipotra, Christine (Author), Colbert, Daud, Day, Deonn, Duncan, Ellen (Author), Goo, Gregorio (Author), Hannah (Author), Hopkins, Jaye Robin (Author), Jenny Torres (Author), Julie (Author), Kuehnert, Lacour, Martha (Author), Maurene (Author), McLemore, Menon, Moskowitz, Murphy, Nina (Author), Saeed, Sanchez, Sandhya (Author), Smith, Social Theme, Somaiya (Author), Sona (Author), Stephanie (Author), Tracy (Author), women ·
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“My book-ordering history is definitely going to get me flagged by some evil government algorithm. Lots and lots of books about Vichy France and the French Resistance and more books than any civilian could possibly need about spy craft and fascism. Luckily, there is a Jean Rhys novel in there and a book for Eli called How to Draw Robots. That’ll throw them off the scent.”

Weather by Jenny Offill

October 31, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Jenny Offill’s latest exercise in approaching anxiety with compassion, Weather, kicks off right before the 2016 election. While she isn’t that exact- you come to realization through context clues- the time and feeling is accurate and thick in the air. Just like in Dept. of Speculation, Offill packs years worth of pathos into a collection close to just 200 pages. Her economy of vocabulary is something that I strive to possess. Our narrator is worried about wasting time; she sits on an unfinished masters while answering […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 2016 Election, Addiction, Anxiety, change, climate change, doomstead, Global Warming, Jenny Offill, new york, survival

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:114 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 2016 Election, Addiction, Anxiety, change, climate change, doomstead, Global Warming, Jenny Offill, new york, survival ·
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Tales of the Times

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Crosby

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

July 30, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

I read two books this week, a new one I was excited about and one that I’ve been putting off for three years. Both are good. Blacktop Wasteland This one was pretty hyped. I’ve seen S.A. Crosby’s image everywhere and it was covered review-wise by all the big ticket spots, including The New York Times. I’ve had my eye on Crosby for a while, even though I had yet to read him. A chance encounter at the library helped me nab this one. It absolutely meets the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, 2016 Election, Blacktop Wasteland, crime, hillary rodham clinton, politics, Rural, S.A. Crosby, Virginia, What Happened

Jake's CBR12 Review No:121 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, 2016 Election, Blacktop Wasteland, crime, hillary rodham clinton, politics, Rural, S.A. Crosby, Virginia, What Happened ·
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I take an odd sort of comfort in knowing that things in America have been just as bad, if not worse, than they are right now.

Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro

April 26, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

The 2016 election: we will eventually be far away from that time, but while we wait to heal we will continue to publish works – everything from tweets to films- about how it shaped our current situation. In 2017, the Delacorte Theater  staged a production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in Central Park . Shakespeare had been done live in Central Park for years. Julius Caesar had been performed steadily around the world since it debuted in 1599. Caesar has taken on many depictions throughout the […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 2016 Election, abraham lincoln, america, Immigration, James Shapiro, live theater, manifest destiny, partisan politics, Shakespeare, Slavery, US History

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:38 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 2016 Election, abraham lincoln, america, Immigration, James Shapiro, live theater, manifest destiny, partisan politics, Shakespeare, Slavery, US History ·
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eating vegetables: the essay collection

Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino

January 23, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Now here me out: there are lots of reasons to eat vegetables. Sometimes your body is in revolt because you’ve had nothing but pizza all weekend. Sometimes you’ve made a new commitment to “take better care” of yourself. Sometimes you just really want some kale, damn it. Sometimes you just want to smother some broccoli in neon-orange-movie-theater-nacho cheese. Vegetables are good for you, vegetables are tasty, they can be prohibitively expensive- especially if fresh, but sometimes you just have to fight your way through a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 2016 Election, drugs, essay collection, essays, feminism, Jia Tolentino, late stage capitalism, Marriage, millennial, Religion, Sexual Assault

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: 2016 Election, drugs, essay collection, essays, feminism, Jia Tolentino, late stage capitalism, Marriage, millennial, Religion, Sexual Assault ·
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Can We Talk About What Happened?

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

February 8, 2018 by Kitkat 4 Comments

I didn’t want to read Hillary Clinton’s take on the 2016 election.  I didn’t want to relive November 9th, 2016, the day I woke up with tears in my eyes and my stomach in my throat because I knew that an unmitigated jackass had won the U.S. presidency the night before.  I didn’t want to relive the gut-churning fear I felt for my children and the grief I felt for my country that day. But I’ve admired Hillary Clinton since I was in elementary school, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, politics

Kitkat's CBR10 Review No:6 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, politics ·
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