Richelle's Updates en-US Mon, 14 Apr 2025 04:27:05 -0700 60 Richelle's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Rating847094287 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 04:27:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Richelle Moral Government liked a review]]> /
Richelle Moral Government liked Bri B.'s review of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution:
Eve by Cat Bohannon
"DNF at page 54.

I don’t usually log my DNFs, but this has to be said: you cannot write a 600 page book about women’s bodies and how they have uniquely evolved in distinct ways from men only to disregard that and act like sometimes men CAN do these things—like when they don’t identify as men 🤗. That’s not how human biology works, and you should know that!"
]]> Comment289467384 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 03:53:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Richelle commented on Richelle's review of Able to Laugh: Learning to be joyful though the struggle is real]]> /review/show/6912077265 Richelle's review of Able to Laugh: Learning to be joyful though the struggle is real (from TikTok’s much-loved interabled couple!)
by Jade and John Reynolds

I hope this comment is satire. I’m not an internet creep, what? One day she’s going to have questions and I would like to have answers. You’re obviously not a mother. No, I’m not empathetic towards an idiot who almost kills her kid with her stupidity. An idiot is an idiot. Waiting for the NHS while you die is way worse than getting a bill. Pro tip, if you don’t pay nothing happens. But if you like socialized medicine have fun with that. Just leave me out of it. ]]> ReadStatus8921351971 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:05:50 -0800 <![CDATA[Richelle has read 'The Analects']]> /review/show/7216230651 The Analects by Confucius Richelle has read The Analects by Confucius
]]> Review6951858049 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:36:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Richelle added 'The Pragmatist’s Guide to Crafting Religion: A playbook for sculpting cultures that overcome demographic collapse & facilitate long-term human flourishing']]> /review/show/6951858049 The Pragmatist’s Guide to Crafting Religion by Simone Collins Richelle gave 5 stars to The Pragmatist’s Guide to Crafting Religion: A playbook for sculpting cultures that overcome demographic collapse & facilitate long-term human flourishing (The Pragmatist's Guide) by Simone Collins
bookshelves: blew-my-mind, anthropology-sociology, christianity
]]> Review6951776545 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:00:06 -0700 <![CDATA[Richelle added 'Hygge: How to Enjoy Life’s Simple Pleasures with The Danish Secret to Happiness']]> /review/show/6951776545 Hygge by Rita Hayes Richelle gave 5 stars to Hygge: How to Enjoy Life’s Simple Pleasures with The Danish Secret to Happiness (Healthy Relationships Book 8) by Rita Hayes
bookshelves: self-help
]]> Review6951720063 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:33:44 -0700 <![CDATA[Richelle added 'Untenable: The True Story of White Ethnic Flight from America's Cities']]> /review/show/6951720063 Untenable by Jack Cashill Richelle gave 5 stars to Untenable: The True Story of White Ethnic Flight from America's Cities (Hardcover) by Jack Cashill
bookshelves: biography-memoir, politics
An interesting history of the neighborhood the neighborhood grew up in, in New Jersey. And while everyone pretends they just don't know what happened and acts like it's white people's fault for white flight, he acknowledges what really happened. ]]> Review6951685093 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:17:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Richelle added 'Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War']]> /review/show/6951685093 Hate Crime Hoax by Wilfred Reilly Richelle gave 4 stars to Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War (Hardcover) by Wilfred Reilly
bookshelves: politics
A deep dive into a bunch of cases of fake hate crimes. It was interesting, but I've heard most of these before, and it wasn't really surprising. I didn't like his brief mention of rape hoaxes, conflating the low number of rape convictions with false accusations. He went over the Duke across false accusations. It was many years ago, and it's not like these are coming up often, much less often than the fake racism crimes. The warehouses full of untested rape kids are probably a better explanation for the large number of uncorroborated rape accusations. Rape is common and not newsworthy, and only the craziest stories or those involving celebrities will make it onto the news. So there's reason to be skeptical of crazy stories like an entire sports team raping a prostitute, or ones involving celebrities, especially politicians during election season. The Brett Cavanaugh accusation would have been a good case to cover in the book. For every Duke lacrosse accusation, there are 100 Steubenville or Koby Bryant rape cases. ]]> Rating783463564 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:13:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Richelle Moral Government liked a recommendation]]> /
Richelle Moral Government liked that Shawna recommended In Vital Harmony: Charlotte Mason and the Natural Laws of Education to Richelle Moral Government
In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass
In Vital Harmony: Charlotte Mason and the Natural Laws of Education
by Karen Glass
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]]> Review6951668262 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:08:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Richelle added 'The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning']]> /review/show/6951668262 The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson Richelle gave 2 stars to The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Hardcover) by Margareta Magnusson
bookshelves: self-help
I found this book really sad. It's about being an elderly widow, not having kids living nearby, and by herself spending a year going through each room of her house throwing things away. So that she can move into a smaller space and wait to die. It will make you feel bad about not wanting to get rid of all your possessions. Like it's a bad thing to own objects. ]]> Comment281823014 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:38:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Richelle commented on Buck's review of Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution]]> /review/show/1256974113 Buck's review of Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
by Leonard Shlain

I don’t think you understand what a metaphors is. But regardless, the incest taboo is innate but not perfect. The rate of bio fathers abusing their daughters is much lower than for step-fathers. Does it still happen? Yes. And it seems to run in families so there’s probably a genetic component so not all humans have got the no incest adaptation. But what a weird thing to critique him on? ]]>