I thought this was a book about making activism positive instead of constant discourse and miserabilism. Turns out it's about feeling sexy, and even when it's not about sex, the sex imagery is pervasive in the writing (as in, thinking about politics is "foreplay" before liberation, or whatever).

I should have read the reviews first, this just isn't what I wanted to learn about.

This is probably a good book, but being lied to in the summary makes me really frustrated.

An excellent read in which Krista Burton tells us about her travels to 23 lesbian bars in the USA immediately after the pandemic lockdowns. She tells us about the importance of these places, their individual stories, different lesbian cultures across her country and much more, with a lot of thoughts about who belongs in lesbian spaces, from feminine lesbians who « look straight » to trans men and even straight people.

This memoir started out as a read for my « Around the world in 195 countries » challenge and ended up with me sobbing (yes, again – what can I say, October was a mental health struggle). It was an excellent read.

Je continue à être un énorme fanboy de bell hooks avec son excellent essai La volonté de changer, qui s’adresse à tout le monde et parle des hommes, un sujet… bizarrement oublié par des grands pans du féminisme. 

J’aime beaucoup l’avis rafraîchissant de bell hooks et sa volonté de rappeler que tout le monde souffre du patriarcat. En ouvrant la porte à des représentations positives de la masculinité (et non pas à une masculinité positive, parce que la masculinité n’est ni bonne ni mauvaise en soi) et en questionnant les normes de genre établies, on peut avancer tou·tes ensemble et c’est important et plein d’espoir.

Jaipal and Bhumi are estranged siblings. The first is a young gay man working as a bartender, the second a brilliant biology student, both of them living on a small West Pacific island. When the dictator starts discriminating against « Indians » more and more, they're worried - when discrimination turns into plain government harassment, it's too late to leave. Jaipal tries to survive, while Bhumi, their mother's favourite, finds out she has a passport ready and is eligible for refugee status in the United States. Their two destinies keep getting further, as both of them try to build a world and a life wherever they are.

A compelling and horrifying read.

As a teenager, I was obsessed with dystopias, and was extremely sad when the genre finally came to pass. Now that I'm all grown up, I read contemporary novels and see the dystopia in them.

This one is an easy one, but the fact that it's based on real slices of history horrifies me - and even more so the fact that I had no idea.

This novel follows three sisters who are orphaned at a young age and left in the « care » of a neglectful uncle. These three young Muslim girls grow up in the USA and have very different lives. The story is told from the point of view of the youngest, starting with what a small child understands from the world and gaining wisdom and understanding, allowing us to finally get a grasp of what’s going on in this family.

Cet énorme pavé suivant une famille juive autrichienne dans les années 1930 puis 1940 et leur exil en République dominicaine me donne envie de poser plein de questions sur ce pan de l’histoire, et je suis ravi qu’un roman vienne faire connaître cette initiative et la période. J’ai beaucoup apprécié ma lecture.

Un très bon essai, qui m’a fait rire très fort de temps en temps et réfléchir sérieusement très souvent, parfois les deux en même temps.

probably a good book. I just realized 10 pages in that I wasn't interested in a 600 biography of someone I don't really care about 

I expected not to like this book but I didn't expect to close it fully exasper ted after 60 pages. I want to punch the hero every other page and may or may not have yelled in annoyance at the insufferable Millennial writing habit of mentioning Harry Potter every 30 pages. Read another book, authors!