Cannonball Read 18

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Where Do the Rights of the Mother and the Rights of the Child Diverge?

Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of A Childhood Online by Fortesa Latifi

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Rating: 3.5 Stars In a nutshell: What is the cost – and what (if any) are the benefits – of sharing one’s children online? Best for: Those interested in the impact of sharing the lives of children on social media. Quote that made me think: “There is no child advocate, only the parents.” Why I chose it: I for some reason am finding social media quite interesting these days. Possibly because I’m not using it nearly as much as I used to Review: I am […]

Anyone Got a Spare Kidney?

The Red Market: On The Trail of the World’s Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers and Child Traffickers by Scott Carney

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Rating: 2.5 Stars – a solid ‘fine.’ In a nutshell: Investigative journalist Scott Carney explores the various ways humans sell bodies and body parts. Best for: Those interested in the ethics of these issues and who aren’t squeamish. Lines(s) that stuck with me: N/A Why I chose it: The audio book selection from my local library is ROUGH. Virtually none of the books on my TBR list are available, so I started scrolling non fiction and this seemed interesting. Also … medical things fascinate me, […]

Fascinating Exploration of Language

Wordslut by Amanda Montell

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Best for: Those interested in learning more about how our language is shaped by – and shapes – society. Everyone who speaks US English. In a nutshell: Author Montell explores a variety of aspects of language and how it reinforces and can be used to fight the patriarchy. Worth quoting: N/A (but only because it was an audio book and usually I was running while listening so didn’t have a way to note something down) Why I chose it: The topic was intriguing to me. […]

Golden Girls with Feet of Clay

The It Girls by Caroline Young

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Nowadays, when one thinks of someone who’s “famous for being famous,” one thinks of the Kardashians or Instagram influencers. But the phenomenon of the It girl is a long and storied one. I read this at about the same time as I read Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century, and they work pretty well as companions – that book describing trendsetting fashion, and this book describing the trendsetters themselves. Young tells the story of It girls through the centuries, who hold such diverse […]

A beat-up book that made me think people need this book

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness. by Kristen Radtke

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If you want to feel really bad about yourself, read Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness. Or, just as likely, if you want to feel great about yourself, read this graphic novel by Kristen Radtke. There are some contradictions, some places you will see yourself and see friends and/or family. It is slow reading, but busy. The book’s theme is, as the title says, about loneliness. Radtke talks about how it has its has ups and downs, in an almost poetic fashion with both […]

What is the Actual Impact of Borders?

Against Borders: The Case for Abolition by Gracie Mae Bradley and Luke De Noronha

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Best for: Those who have a feeling that there’s something wrong with current systems of immigration and borders but wants to put some facts behind that. In a nutshell: Authors Bradley and de Noronha look at all the ways that borders — and the enforcement of immigration associated with them — are a negative for society, and offer some ideas for ways to abolish them. Worth quoting: “Borders do not materialize only at the edges of national territory, in airports, or at border walls. In […]



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