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I got to page four and just couldn't take any more eye rolling. Rosa parks is amazing, however she didn't single handedly bring about the social justice movement. Worse still is the ultra heavy bias tone towards introvertism; that introverts are noble victims of a society that needs them.

Cain's academic background is impressive, however her degrees are in English and law, not psychology or sociology.

Found this by reading Siobhan Carroll‘s Tor short story ‘For He Can Creep' which is the last line of Smart's poem ‘For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry'. The story was enjoyable and made me seek out Smart's poem, also a satisfying read.

Carnival Nine By Caroline M. Yoachim

Wow, serious turn at the end

Parts were lovely, such as this poetic question, ‘Why does joy break so easy?' However as a whole I was unsatisfied and disappointed.

I love that this encourages the reader(s) to stretch one's thinking and make connections; to take a concrete concept of house as a noun, to a slightly more abstract concept of house as a verb.

Concurrently read with The Kingdom of Speech, by Tom Wolfe, so I've got language on the brain in addition to being surrounded by those who are in the process of acquiring language.

A little refreshment in that it was read to a fussy preschooler in a loud setting

Wow. I wasn't expecting that. Interesting ideas. I'm spiraling with whether I fully accept sex work, will have to seek out more information. Willing to consider easy to read/access suggestions for sources.

Corduroy is something from my childhood. I was happily surprised to see a new release of it — and by Viola Davis!

I also love making paper stars.

Wonderful, lovely art. Loved the use of sign language.

Great information. A little poetic at times which was sometimes lovely and other times not to my taste.

The Art was gorgeous, the story however fell flat. The metaphor of emotions as being monsters, especially monsters that could be put in jars, didn't work for me. Also there were no real consequences. In the beginning Willow punches a boy, I believe in the face, and nothing happens because of it. Not even a parental ‘we don't solve things or express ourselves by hurting others'.

A thing of beauty.

This is not what I expected, and that's on me. I had assumed that this was more of a graphic novel, oops it's one of those teen ‘guides'. It's not entirely awful, good job encouraging teen girls to be confident and to avoid pit falls. However, it's missing A LOT....great job talking about tampons, but there are other options besides just pads and tampons, and didn't mention toxic shock syndrome, just that it was good to change frequently.
Didn't love the tone or the talk about cavemen. Not something I'd give to a little sister or cousin, at least not on its own.

Read on Wikisource. An important primary source.

Squee, love the reference to Alice and Wonderland: ‘your hair wants cutting'.
Fantastic art, lovely use of the Baba Yaga myth, and great portrayal of magic.

Semi-autobiographical, very well done.

I've caught up to current, but it's still ongoing :)

2024:
I picked up the physical copy. Very enjoyable.

A complicated, messy 3.
Somethings I wholeheartedly agreed with, others things respectfully disagreed, and others still I vehemently disagreed or was perhaps misunderstanding her.

This book smacks of eisegesis -interpreting text in such a way as to introduce one's own presuppositions, agendas or biases. Also seems logically flawed as these fairy and folk tales are specific to a region and era and have themselves changed over time and place, sometimes reflecting the storyteller and at other times the audience.

Disappointed.

Wanted to read the hard copy to annotate.

4.5
I love that he was critical of methodology as I agree that it is very important.

Some of the animal studies I was familiar with and others were novel to me. A good mix is appreciated.

I believe it is important to have books about difficult topics, to help and not harm.

I only wish she had used the word ‘woman' rather than girl. I am not in denial that girls have abortions, however her examples involved two women.

Abandoned. Listened to first two women.
Too jumbled, not very interesting, and hard to understand.
Likely due to format, but it was hard to tell who she was talking about and when one story ends and another begins. Also it was hard for be to tell why the women were almost famous or if they were just odd (a conjoined set of twins and a woman (bicurious or lesbian) whom was a mermaid at an aquarium (or somewhere)...or if they were likable, or talented, or just desperate...and if I should care...