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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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A science heavy debunking of contemporary gender essentialism.

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine

July 6, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

I tried to read this book near the beginning of quarantine, in hard copy, and my poor overloaded brain just couldn’t handle it. If I had read this in audio, a format my brain can handle for serious subjects, I probably would have rated it much higher, and gotten through it much faster (and I’ll be honest, retained more than 10% of it). So take this review with a grain of salt. (P.S. I just googled that phrase, and it evolved from something Pliny the […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Cordelia Fine, gender, non fiction, science, social science, the gender binary, the gender delusion

narfna's CBR12 Review No:63 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Cordelia Fine, gender, non fiction, science, social science, the gender binary, the gender delusion ·
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We all have biases, or “Why grandma might suddenly sound like a racist”

The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives by Shankar Vedantam

May 26, 2018 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

Twelve years ago, my grandmother passed away at the age of 94. Born in 1912, she was the product of a different time, but other than maybe telling a slightly off-color joke or wondering out loud why there were so many more homosexuals around these days than when she was young, I don’t recall her being prejudiced against any particular group (except maybe Italians, but that’s a story for another day). Apparently in her final days in the nursing home, however, she started loudly proclaiming […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, KimMiE", Racism, sexism, Shankar Vedantam, social science, unconscious bias

KimMiE"'s CBR10 Review No:15 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, KimMiE", Racism, sexism, Shankar Vedantam, social science, unconscious bias ·
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A Bit Late to the Party on This One, But Still Relevant

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

April 5, 2018 by Jen K 8 Comments

I have had this book on my iPad forever! Seriously, I think I downloaded it before 13th, the Netflix documentary, was even a development idea. I watched 13th last year, and yet it didn’t spur me to pick this up, but after reading The Hate U Give, this felt like a fitting follow up. I remember being very impressed by 13th, but the nice thing about reading this, is that it really gave me the chance to absorb and contemplate everything, rather than being hit […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: civil rights, mass incarceration, Michelle Alexander, social science, The New Jim Crow

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:52 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: civil rights, mass incarceration, Michelle Alexander, social science, The New Jim Crow ·
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Liked it, wanted more.

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown

January 29, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

I am 100% here for the messages in this book, but I do not think I am the type of person this book is aimed at. My book club read this for January, and I’m really glad we did! Honestly, I have it on audio, and I will probably re-listen to it every once in a while for a pick-me-up, but I know every time I do, my feelings about how awesome the things she’s saying are will clash with my feelings about the style this book […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: audiobooks, braving the wilderness, Brené Brown, narfna, read by the author, Self-help, social science

narfna's CBR10 Review No:14 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: audiobooks, braving the wilderness, Brené Brown, narfna, read by the author, Self-help, social science ·
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