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Irreversible Damage
Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters© 2020 Abigail Shrier276 pages To the degree that gender dysphoria existed prior to 2015, it was almost wholly the domain of young boys. In the last ten years, however, claims of dysphoria … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Society and Culture
Tagged dissent, marriage and family, sexuality, women
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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind© 1936 Margaret Mitchell1037 pages It’s been nearly twenty years since I visited the joined worlds of antebellum Tara and postwar Atlanta, tied together through the life of a ruined plantation belle turned business magnate, Scarlett O’Hara. … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged American Civil War, American South, historical fiction, Southern Literature, women
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February 2022 in Review
I read a lot of books in February. Few of them applied to my challenges, though. The good news is that I continue to make progress on my great and worthy opponent, Mount TBR. Climbing Mount Doom (Base goal: read … Continue reading
Studying naked people
The Naked Woman: A Study of the Female Body © 2005 Desmond MorrisThe Naked Man: A Study of the Male Body © 2009 Desmond Morris Years ago I read Desmond Morris’ The Naked Ape, an anthropological look at humanity. In scrutinizing human beings’ animal … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science
Tagged anthropology, biology, Of Boys and Men, sexuality, women
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Books books books
Between the nonfunctional hospital wifi and the only decent television programs being overtaken by baseball, most of my entertainment last week was good ol’ fashioned books. Midnight at Chernobyl popped onto my radar after I watched the excellent HBO series … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews, science
Tagged energy, espionage and commandos, evolution, history, human spaceflight, Jane Austen, Nuclear, psychology, Russia, science, women, WW2
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Back to Earth
Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet and our Mission to Protect It© 2021 Nicola Stott304 pages A staple of astronaut memoirs is the attempt to communicate the near-religious experience of seeing the Earth … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged biography, civic activism, climate change, human space flight, ISS, women
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Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars© 2021 Eileen Collins314 pages Eileen Collins was obsessed with flying. Maybe it was an unusual preoccupation for a girl, but her parents – despite their struggles with mental illness and alcoholism – always … Continue reading
Hiking grandmas, irreligious hombres, and unjacking from the Matrix
As an avid hiker I couldn’t help but be hooked by the story of Emma Gatewood, who in 1955 became the first woman to through-hike the Appalachian Trail. She did so with a minimum of preparation, without much of the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Christianity, mindfulness, Of Boys and Men, outdoors, religion, Technology and Society, women
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The Autobiogaphy of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman259 pages© 1982 Ernest Gaines A young girl carries water for both exhausted rebels and the jubilant army chasing them. An elderly lady who has seen sorrow after sorrow visited on herself and her loved … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, Reviews
Tagged Classics Club Strikes Back, Ernest Gaines, race, Southern Literature, women
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns© 2007 Khaled Hosseini372 pages “There is only one, only one skill a woman like you and me needs in life, and they don’t teach it in school . . . Only one skill. And it’s this: … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged Central Asia, historical fiction, Middle East, women
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