This book made me feel disgusted in a way that a book has never made me feel. It was really fascinating, and upsetting, and I'm glad it's over. I'm not a huge fan of the horror genre, so perhaps it wasn't for me. But, as brutal as this book was, and how clearly allegorical it was, it surprisingly did not have a lot to say beyond "imagine what it would be like if we had industrialized meat but made from humans". Maybe it did say something more than that (it did seem to touch on the topic of how we so easily can dehumanize others), but I didn't grasp it. ANYWAY, it was okay, thanks TikTok for the recommendation.
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Ssquiggle started reading How to Blow up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm
How to Blow up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm
Why resisting climate change means combatting the fossil fuel industry
The science on climate change has been clear for a …
Ssquiggle started reading Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts …
Ssquiggle finished reading Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses
Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no one calls them that …
Ssquiggle reviewed Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Ssquiggle started reading Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses
Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no one calls them that …
Ssquiggle finished reading Insurrecto by Gina Apostol
Insurrecto by Gina Apostol
"Histories and personalities collide in this literary tour-de-force about the Philippines' present and America's past by the PEN Open Book …
Ssquiggle reviewed Insurrecto by Gina Apostol
Dizzying and keleidoscopic portrait of the Philippines
4 stars
The first part of this book was utterly confusing, with how it shifted perspectives and time periods with each chapter. This book made me feel a lot of things - I felt recognition in all of those peculiarities of being Filipino, the heaviness of that experience, but also the joyful resilience. It's odd reading a book that spoke so frankly of the US genocide against the Filipino people, when that's something I never learned in school as an American, or even from my mother who is from the Philippines. I feel angry and sorrowful - when will we see justice? When will we have our own self determination? The book doesn't answer these questions beyond the simple fact that we must struggle for it ourselves, and expect it from no one, especially anyone posing as our "benevolent" saviors.
Ssquiggle started reading Postcolonial Astrology by Alice Sparkly Kat
Ssquiggle reviewed Assata by Assata Shakur
Exhillerating and necessary!
5 stars
I am so glad my friend gave me this book to read. This book is so necessary for anyone involved in political organizing, community organizing, mutual aid, etc. There are so many lessons pertaining to the COINTPRO campaign against Assata and other Black revolutionaries. Her message is poignant and so optimistic, but also so grounded in a scientific and material understanding of our world.
Ssquiggle finished reading Assata by Assata Shakur
Assata by Assata Shakur
On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to …
Ssquiggle started reading Insurrecto by Gina Apostol
Insurrecto by Gina Apostol
"Histories and personalities collide in this literary tour-de-force about the Philippines' present and America's past by the PEN Open Book …
Ssquiggle stopped reading Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
I was a bit disappointed in this "manifesto." I am a big fan of The Nap Ministry and their message, and fundamentally I do think rest should be intentionally centered in community care. But this book doesn't really do that message justice.
The structure and flow of the ideas was a bit confusing - it repeats itself often.
I wish there could have been more anecdotes or practical advice around organizing community care.
I think with a "rest is resistance" message, it can very easily be co-opted by hyper-individualist culture, and I felt the book did not take the necessary care to prevent that message from potentially being distorted.
I'm not really good at writing critiques, and again I'm a fan of the message itself, but I just did not enjoy reading this and did not care to finish.
Ssquiggle set a goal to read 12 books in 2024
Ssquiggle started reading Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitalism, we subject our bodies …