3.5 � lots of tangents, but they are for the most part related and relatively enjoyable. my only real complaint is that saying indigenous people are l3.5 � lots of tangents, but they are for the most part related and relatively enjoyable. my only real complaint is that saying indigenous people are like the contemporary henry david thoreau feels incredibly disrespectful and eurocentric and just as a whole a real weird decision, tbh. ...more
2.5 ⭐️� this book was disappointing in an odd way � there’s a lot i enjoyed abt it, a lot of really genuinely interesting reflections on disability, d2.5 ⭐️� this book was disappointing in an odd way � there’s a lot i enjoyed abt it, a lot of really genuinely interesting reflections on disability, death, family, and gay experiences. but there was a lot that made me uncomfortable in a someone-very-invested-in-disability-justice way.
the author uses both “bipolar� and “schizophrenic� in improper and stigmatizing ways. especially in the front half of the book, there’s a LOT of internalized ableism that doesn’t feel like it’s been entirely broken down, including some that is externalized and leads to borderline-cruel descriptions of other disabled people that made me feel bad to read. ...more
3.5 � interesting, touches on a lot of really cool ideas and topics and things people are doing, but doesn’t imo get down to the core root of consumer3.5 � interesting, touches on a lot of really cool ideas and topics and things people are doing, but doesn’t imo get down to the core root of consumerism. i think so so much of consumerism-as-culture comes down to capitalist propaganda and it’s also very tied to anti-communist american values etc etc. i have so many thoughts on this that i wish this book had gotten closer to, but it felt very much like its imagination was stifled by capitalism, despite its gentle critiques of it.
another instance of “i’m just too radical to be impressed by this book� / “could’ve been more anti-capitalist� / “enjoyed but�..�
also, thumbs-down for multiple uncritical mentions of israel....more
3.5 ⭐️ � i agree with the overall thesis, but this book didn’t reveal anything new to me personally and it did feel a little disorganized.
my main frus3.5 ⭐️ � i agree with the overall thesis, but this book didn’t reveal anything new to me personally and it did feel a little disorganized.
my main frustration is the author calling settler-colonial logic a “deep psychosis.� invoking mental illness to describe bigotry is! not! it! i will never accept people defaulting to ableist language as a way of describing right-wing views. it isn’t accurate, it isn’t kind, and it certainly isn’t revolutionary.
i also wasn’t expecting the book to start off by deconstructing Hamilton. everything i’ve ever heard abt that musical has been against my will and i understand it’s used to discuss how many USAmercians view history but i just�. i personally struggle to care at all about hamilton. I know it sucks, i’ve always known it sucks, i’m tired of it.
i read the audiobook, and this is just personal preference, but i strongly dislike when narrators do impressions of the people they quote. that happens a LOT in this book.
the book is also repetitive at times, i.e. the idea of arrivants was introduced and defined twice, which felt unnecessary.
if you don’t understand the depth of the USA’s settler-colonial nature, this may be a good starting point, but it just wasn’t for me....more
**spoiler alert** as a whole, i liked this! some parts felt a little superficial, but there were a lot more reflective moments that did balance that o**spoiler alert** as a whole, i liked this! some parts felt a little superficial, but there were a lot more reflective moments that did balance that out. my main critique is the discussion of addiction felt like it lacked a certain care/sensitivity about it. it felt self-cantered and i was disappointed that she called the cops, but maybe not surprising because of the self-ID as a liberal. ...more
this idea had so much potential but it really, really wasn’t for me. i didn’t like this book much at all but i don’t even care enough to explain why �this idea had so much potential but it really, really wasn’t for me. i didn’t like this book much at all but i don’t even care enough to explain why � check out its other low-star reviews, i agree with many of them...more
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