vivi wants to read Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
My sister just picked this up and it looks quite interesting.
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vivi reviewed Stim: An Autistic Anthology by Rachael Lucas
Around one in a hundred people in the UK are autistic, and the saying goes …
Essential for any autistic person, great for others too
5 stars
As an autistic person who often feels isolated from representation in media and art this is such a refreshing read. Non autistic writing, while still entertaining, is just structured differently. And while I've gotten used to it, the opportunity to hear pure unfiltered autistic literature is so special. It feels like I have a more direct connection to the authors than I generally do from non autistic writers. As if the compatibility layer I always use to read books can just be removed. This is of course very difficult to explain effectively but it's just a feeling I get.
All of these stories are very personal and heartfelt and they go into very intense places sometimes, but the tone almost always resolves to positivity. Also, each story has a content warning at the start which is thoughtful.
Some of the stories focus in particular on British life as it is …
As an autistic person who often feels isolated from representation in media and art this is such a refreshing read. Non autistic writing, while still entertaining, is just structured differently. And while I've gotten used to it, the opportunity to hear pure unfiltered autistic literature is so special. It feels like I have a more direct connection to the authors than I generally do from non autistic writers. As if the compatibility layer I always use to read books can just be removed. This is of course very difficult to explain effectively but it's just a feeling I get.
All of these stories are very personal and heartfelt and they go into very intense places sometimes, but the tone almost always resolves to positivity. Also, each story has a content warning at the start which is thoughtful.
Some of the stories focus in particular on British life as it is a British book, but that did not really detract from the content in my mind as the stories are diverse. (It not being US-centric is a bit of a nice change of pace anyway)
The stories were short and it was worthwhile to take a long pause after each one to really absorb it and bask in the feelings and thoughts of each author.
All in all I would recommend this book to everyone, autistic folks as well as non autistic folks who want to understand the autistic mind better.
vivi wants to read Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and six-time Grammy winner opens up about a life shaped …
My sister is absolutely obsessed with Brandi and is loving this book. So now she's convinced me to read it. :)
vivi wants to read Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how …
My sister recommended this to me.
vivi wants to read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …
I started this ages ago as a teen egg and wasn't equipped to appreciate it. I still have the book and intend to start over!
vivi reviewed Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America is a 2016 …
Essential
5 stars
This book eloquently chronicles the whole, bitter history of racism, connecting all these events together in an engaging progression of racist and antiracist thought and actions over the years. It expertly exposes the shortcomings of various attacks on racism and shows the ways in which racist power has been able to continue largely uninterrupted for such a long time.
vivi commented on Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America is a 2016 …
It's a long one, but an important one.