Starting this one tonight in the hopes of getting 1 bingo for March as I continue toward a full card on my January #BookspinBingo
Starting this one tonight in the hopes of getting 1 bingo for March as I continue toward a full card on my January #BookspinBingo
“…a private matter, to be decided by the nation‘s citizens, and not its government. It‘s a fundamental right. Privacy in this context means the freedom from government intrusion.”
Holy smokes Batman. If this isn‘t the most small government argument for choice, I don‘t know what is. How Republicans can argue that the states should get to weigh in on these decisions, it‘s really messed up. Aside from like, controlling women.
I'm not much of Non Fiction reader. I prefer Happy Ever Afters, Mysteries, and Kick Ass Women saving the day. But I saw interview with Dr. Jean M. Twenge and was intrigued.
While there were lots of charts and graphs, that I didn't study too closely, overall I found this a fascinating read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 stars out of 5.
We know that the abortion debate is NOT about the health of the mother. But it continues to shock me how LITTLE we talk about the risks and trials of pregnancy and birth.
If anti-abortionists cared about maternal health, they would address the dangers of pregnancy and birthing.
I love a memoir, and the memoir bits were great. Thoughtful reflection on what it's like to grow up gay in a working-class community in a small French town, and the things lost along the way to becoming a Parisian writer/ academic.
But for me, a little bit of Sartre, Foucault and Merleau-Ponty quoting goes a Long Way.
There's no doubt that we can include Madness and Civilization in that part of our library that includes books that "call to us,” as Patrick Chamoiseau puts it, books that make up a "library of feelings" and help us to overcome the effects of domination within our own selves.
To use an insult is to cite the past. It only has meaning because it has been used by so many earlier speakers: a dizzying word that rises from the depths of time immemorial, as one of Genet's verses puts it.
Yet, for those at whom it is aimed, it also represents a projection into the future: the dreadful presentiment that such words, and the violence they carry, will accompany you for the rest of your days.
Or there was the time when, after I had made mention of Simone de Beauvoir, this same ultra-Catholic professor, an extremely powerful presence in the philosophy department, interrupted me and curtly interjected: "You seem to be unaware that Mademoiselle de Beauvoir treated her own mother disrespectfully.".... "Mademoiselle"! I laughed for months each time I thought of this way of referring to her.
My self-curated Women‘s studies course continues.