Carol Chiovatto is on page 75 of 112 of Le Bracelet de jade: Estou adorando. Achei que a protagonista fosse a menina, mas na verdade é o pai dela. Ainda bem que a edição teve uma prefácio do tradutor, que é professor de chinês na Lyon 3, porque senão eu não ia ter noção de todas as referências à história da China!

"There were definitely parts of this book i resonated with. But I do feel as though discussing non-monogamy absent of concrete structural realities really misses the plot on some levels.

The lack of discussion about class, race, disability (outside of neurodivergence), etc felt weird to me. Neurodivergent people have high rates of unemployment. How does that impact the way they might aspire to be non-monogamous? (in ways that are good and complex).

The discussion about different stereotypes of neurodivergent girls that could be the pretext for abusive relationships could have equally been more extensive. Not all neurodivergent girls qualify to be a manic pixie dream girl, but they still experience IPV. How can polycules and polyam cultures help disrupt IPV in relationships? This could have been the place to discuss relationship red flags, ways to disrupt IPV that don’t involve police (since they’re not neurodivergent friendly either).

There really could have been more meat to this book, even if it’s part of an-off shoot series. Neurodivergent non-monogamists need resources that are well researched and not simply a cobbling together of blog posts into a book. "

Juliane Santos wants to read On the Origin of Species and Other Stories