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I wrote this a few hours before I heard of the current events

V Is for Voting by Kate Farrrell

January 7, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

NOTE: I wrote the below review before I heard about the riots. I want to present this review as it was before I had my feelings of the recent events. Before I knew that my cousin’s son was working (though in Virginia) someplace near Washington DC. Before I knew my cousin was hearing gunshots and racial slurs outside her apartment. Before she started playing phone tag to make sure her friends were safe. Before I became sick to my stomach at the horrors we keep […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Alphabet, Caitlin Kuhwald, civics, Concepts, Diversity & Multicultural, Kate Farrrell, Politics & Government, social science, United States, voting

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Children's Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Alphabet, Caitlin Kuhwald, civics, Concepts, Diversity & Multicultural, Kate Farrrell, Politics & Government, social science, United States, voting ·
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Get mad, then get involved

September 6, 2016 by Bea Pants Leave a Comment

  I try to space out my political reading, especially during an election year. I often find it equal parts enraging and frustrating and I wind up in a funk for several days after reading. What’s great about Naomi Wolf’s book is that it doesn’t just make you mad, it tells you how and where to channel that anger into something constructive. Give Me Liberty is exactly what its title suggests it is. But it is also a guide for us as citizens to re-involve […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: CBR8, civics, civil rights, Naomi Wolf, politics

Bea Pants's CBR8 Review No:32 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: CBR8, civics, civil rights, Naomi Wolf, politics ·
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