Welcome to Litsy!

The Anthropology class I took was a disaster, but this book was its saving grace. I actually enjoyed the readings and learned far more than I had expected. I encourage anyone to take an anthropology or sociology class if they can. I mentioned earlier that is it just so fascinating to know that you aren‘t all that different from someone from far away, yet you can learn new ways of existing as well. As we say with our boys, “Different, not less.”

I‘m only giving this a so-so because some of her viewpoints were simply outdated. I did appreciate when she would call herself out for her negative attitude. She could have edited the book in her favor, but didn‘t. I loved learning about the cultural aspects of people living in West Africa. It is also so wonderful to see how connected and similar humans are and yet how we differ also, and not in a this-is-superior/inferior way, just different. ☺️

November 3rd #DaysDevotedTo Sandwich 🥪 😋 There is nothing like a good sandwich @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Something something the Greeks were always doing shitty gender things.

The question that sparked this entire book.
#nonfiction #history

A 1 sentence summary
#nonfiction #history

#history #nonfiction

My journey begins. #nonfiction #history

Took me awhile to finish (mostly because I get getting weepy about 20th century swedish vacation ideals. I went to rent a cottage on the coast like we did when I was a kid!) but very interesting. Orvar is one of the most important ethnologists in sweden and he takes you a thorough tour through the history of vacationing, from Georgian sea bathers and American national parks in the 1800s through scandinavians in the 1960s Mediterranean and beyond.

Ah, FRM!