Litsy

Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having--Or Being Denied--An Abortion | Diana Greene Foster

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Essential reading for those open to learning real statistics and hearing personal experiences, as opposed to hiding behind blind faith, inflammatory partisanship, or unfounded personal opinions. This country is being forced to conform to the narrow beliefs of a minority who refuse to consider the consequences of their baseless preferences. Read the source, instead of some twisted media interpretation (because of course they have twisted it).

Jari-chan 👏 🙏 2w

willaful Such a good book. 2w

Amiable I‘m reading this book right now which is also insightful:

Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America

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lil1inblue I'm struck by how the last 2 sentences of your review could apply to *so* many issues in the United States right now. And I totally agree. Stacked. 2w

TieDyeDude @Amiable Thanks for sharing. This book came out post-Kavanaugh, but before Roe was overturned. She does contemplate what the overturn of Roe could mean for abortion rights, and nailed it, unfortunately. 2w

TieDyeDude @lil1inblue Too true. I added the last line because, since much of her research was published in scientific articles before the book came out, she talks about people taking certain lines out of context to support their own bias. Pathetic. 2w

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Cosmos_Moon_River

Future Shock | Alvin Toffler

Taking a moment to brag & would love to hear what you‘re proud of—Two weeks ago I spoke about sustainability in maritime at 3 separate events. I was particularly proud of the Tulane Future of Energy Forum panel as the only woman & with three men who are CEOs. They took great photos, an event YouTube page with the 28 sessions & our panel made the cover!
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https://youtu.be/auIrAShIPkQ?si=aqimXsJ1rnlWBrAI

Ruthiella Awesome! 👏 👏👏 3w

mcipher Congrats, that‘s so awesome!!! 👏 👏 👏 3w

Cosmos_Moon_River @Ruthiella and @mcipher thank you 🥰 3w

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Amie

Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs | Benjamin Herold

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This focuses a lot on schools/education, but also discusses the history and current state of each of the suburbs featured. Lots in this book to be frustrated and upset about.

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JenReadsAlot

Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America's Prisons | Alan Elsner

Book scavenger hunt - gate #hauntedshelf @PuddleJumper #flerken

PuddleJumper 🖤🧡🖤 2mo

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Anna40

Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World | Patrick Joyce

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My grandparents were peasants but sadly spoke little about their lives.I‘ve always been drawn to agriculture:I worked a season as grape picker in France&on a mountain hut in Austria milking cows but I always had a romanticized view of peasant life.I loved this book,which gets quite philosophical at times.Although I didn‘t learn about my own ancestors I have an idea what my grandparents lives could have been like& there‘s nothing romantic about it.

Bookwomble I love reading local history and social history that I have some connection to. Sounds like this one was meaningful for you. 😊 2mo

Anna40 @Bookwomble yes, vey meaningful. Really enjoyed it but it also made me sad that so much of my grandparents‘ life is a mystery to me. Anyway really enjoyed this one 2mo

Bookwomble @Anna40 💖 2mo

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Jen2

White Poverty: How Exposing Myths about Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy | William J. Barber, II

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Very good!

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Christine

Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net | Jessica Calarco

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Highly recommend this newish release by one of the most effective public scholars in my field (sociology) right now. Calarco went somewhat viral a few years ago with her quote “Other countries have social safety nets; the U.S. has women.” This book expands on that and features great analysis and insights from extensive research/in-depth interviews with a diverse sample of American women. It‘s SO readable, too. (And it happens ⬇️

Christine to deliciously critique the platform/book of a certain VP candidate…😁)

Also a great Labor Day read as it highlights the incredible amount of unpaid household and emotional labor American women - regardless of their working or earning status - tend to still do. 4mo

sarahbarnes Love this. 4mo

kspenmoll Stacked! 4mo

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christhelesbian

Questions of Cultural Identity: SAGE Publications | Stuart Hall, Paul du Gay

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Identity is becoming. Identity is intersectional.

reading theory takes a lot of mental energy for me so I was bored

Octoberwoman

The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die | Keith Payne

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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