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How many ways are there to be tacky?

The Tacky South by Katherine A. Burnett, Monica C. Miller

January 16, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Popular scholarship seems to be kind of a newer genre; by this I mean essays by trained scholars that are scaled back a bit in terms of scope and depth, and done in styles that people without academic inclinations might find readable. Often, these kinds of works also tend to be on subject of interest to the general public that have something to do with popular culture. The Tacky South is one such collection. The authors of the various essays use sometimes rather different definitions […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Dolly Parton, gender, Katherine A. Burnett, Katherine A. Burnett, Monica C. Miller, Lolita, Mark Twain, Monica C. Miller, popular sholarship, Race, red velvet cake, The Tacky South

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Dolly Parton, gender, Katherine A. Burnett, Katherine A. Burnett, Monica C. Miller, Lolita, Mark Twain, Monica C. Miller, popular sholarship, Race, red velvet cake, The Tacky South ·
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What’s in a name?

Spear by Nicola Griffith

October 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The last few years I try to read at least one or two things that I would not normally read. I have done horror graphic novels, manga, and adult novels. I did not do great (but not horrible) this year (that horror manga comic alone would have been enough), but I figured Spear by Nicola Griffith might work. It was adult, and science-fiction/fantasy (heavier on the fantasy). And it was short. I find that if you are tackling a subject/genre you do not normally, short […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Religion, Romance Tagged With: Arthurian, British, folk tales, gender, glbtq, Knights and knighthood, Legends & Mythology, lesbian, Medieval (500-1453) Studies, nicola griffith

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:532 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Religion, Romance · Tags: Arthurian, British, folk tales, gender, glbtq, Knights and knighthood, Legends & Mythology, lesbian, Medieval (500-1453) Studies, nicola griffith ·
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A Gendered History

Gender: A World History by Susan Kingsley Kent

September 14, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Gender: A World History found its way to my ears (I went audiobook form for this one) due to a sale. For $2.99 this sounded like just the sort of thing I’d like to read. For the most part this book did fit my needs and meets the criteria of being as advertised: this was in fact a history that was serious about being global in scope and a historical survey of the topic of gender and how it has been understood through the ages. […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, cbr14bingo, gender, gender and sexuality, question, Susan Kingsley Kent

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:60 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, cbr14bingo, gender, gender and sexuality, question, Susan Kingsley Kent ·
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My Whackadoo brain found some cool reads

Murderbot Diaries V02 Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Hilo Book 6: All the Pieces Fit by Judd Winick

This is How I Disappear by Mirion Malle

June 24, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My mood this week and reading has been all over this week. I found three different genres to get me through it. Not only have I done a crap tone of picture books just for the quick read, I had to find humor, serious, and a mixture of the two. I finished Murderbot Diaries V02 Artificial Condition by Martha Wells. I prefer the first one but did like the ending where Murderbot makes an interesting realization about how they have always just waited and “cleaned […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Aleshia Jensen, Bronwyn Haslam), Depression, family, friendship, gender, glbtq, Judd Winick, martha wells, Mirion Malle, robots, Sexual Assault, Social Themes, suicide

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:330 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Aleshia Jensen, Bronwyn Haslam), Depression, family, friendship, gender, glbtq, Judd Winick, martha wells, Mirion Malle, robots, Sexual Assault, Social Themes, suicide ·
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One loud and proud baby

Bye Bye Binary by Eric Geron

May 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This book is exactly how you would expect. Bye Bye Binary is loud. It is bright. It is bold. It is in your face. Even the narrator is loud. No, I did not listen to this on audio. But there is a voice. I could hear the baby of the story yelling all the things they are talking about. When the “outside of the frame voice” asks, “Is it a boy or girl?” The answer is a loud, “What is it to you?!?” scream. “It […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: babies, binary / non binary, Charlene Chua, Eric Geron, gender, GLBT, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:244 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: babies, binary / non binary, Charlene Chua, Eric Geron, gender, GLBT, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance ·
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I’m Naked! I’m Naked! I’m Me!

Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown

June 11, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Fred Gets Dressed is a modern story about a child finding the outfit that fits that day’s expression.  As a wild, independent, and typical kid, Fred, runs around naked. Then decides to try an experiment with their parents clothing coming to an understanding what outfit works best. It is an obvious story, simple and sweet. The “middle ground” with the liking or not category would be: “I did not hate it but did not love it.” There will be several “OMG! Loooooved it!” (Said in […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: family, gender, glbtq, Peter Brown, self-esteem

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:174 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: family, gender, glbtq, Peter Brown, self-esteem ·
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