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Cazxxx
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Finally getting round to reading this which has been on my tbr for ages!
The audiobook is excellent and comes with a pdf so I can study the art while the book is being read to me 😊

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ManyWordsLater
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“…most people will still opt for privacy and autonomy over technical efficiency and community interest.”

While obvious, this blew my mind. Is this perhaps why we are so lonely? Privacy and autonomy are optimized in isolation. But that is not where we are humans find most of our happiness and contentment.

“Democracy dies in darkness” also comes to mind when optimizing for privacy and the U.S‘s current political issues.

jewright My husband works with a man from Afganistán, and this is what he hates about America. He doesn‘t understand why we don‘t live in a big house with family. 1mo
Reggie @jewright have you ever read World War Z? It‘s probably the best zombie book you could ever read. But in the 3rd part where they‘re rebuilding the world. Everyone who has a house, gets families assigned to let them live with them. There is a single man who has, I think, 2 families put with him and he talks about he didn‘t know what he was missing. How lonely he was and how we have all this space and it‘s just empty. I think about that a lot. 1mo
ManyWordsLater @Reggie I LOVE THAT! ❤️💕❤️ 1mo
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Librarybelle
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With a slightly academic tone, Gibson examines 13 witch trials throughout history….spoiler alert, only one of the dozens of mostly women (there are just a couple men highlighted) were never or not self-proclaimed witches. I‘d love to say “see how far we‘ve come,” but as Gibson shows in her last case from the 21st century, accusations have evolved but the underlying causes remain. Politics. Socioeconomic. Nonconformity to religion. Recommended!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Stacking! Sounds great 1mo
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BC_Dittemore
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Pickpick

A bit dry, yes, but the subject matter is engaging enough to keep one invested. Less about ‘witches‘ and more about the subjugation of women throughout history. I found it scary and sad; just the very idea of what the accused went through. Makes me think about humankind, about being a man in today‘s society, and how I can be better at both.

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Bethanyroe
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I have spent a lot of time reading biographies of founding fathers and specific bios of some of the women of the revolution, so I greatly enjoyed this overview that tied many of their stories together.

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ManyWordsLater
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Let‘s learn more about women!

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DebinHawaii
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Mehso-so

#JumpStart2024 #ReadAway2024

Not gonna lie, I pushed & skimmed to the end to finish for #SheSaid which makes me sad since the women of the Harvard Observatory were amazing, worked their tails off & have not received all the praise due them. But, by golly this was a slog! There are flashes of greatness & points that made me gasp, tear up or marvel but they were too far in between the data dump of names & dates & things I didn‘t need details on.😖

DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻Bye! Bye! 2mo
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AliceCullen
Pioneer Women | Joanna Stratton
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Just. Wow. Compiled journal entries and stories from the Kansas frontier, from the first settlers in mid 19th century through the civil war and women‘s suffrage. There are heartwarming tales of courage, family, and neighbors helping neighbors, as well as tales of fear and the horrors of life tens of miles away from the nearest neighbor. The isolation broke some women but empowered others. Makes me ever more grateful for modern creature comforts.

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vlwelser
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Mehso-so

This somehow managed to be incredibly interesting and intensely boring at the same time. That's a unique skill set.

#SheSaid @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

BkClubCare 😂 2mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m there too at the moment, bought the audiobook hoping that might help….not yet 😂 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2mo
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Birdsong28
Normal Women | Philippa Gregory
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squirrelbrain Thanks for the tag! 2mo
Caroline2 I got this one too. 👍 2mo
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