readin' and roastin' #1

I actually didn't start meaning to use goodreads as a place to give reviews; for years I intended it as a mostly-anonymous list/repository so I could keep track of the many wonderful (and awful) books I've ran across. Really sensitive to the fact that a) sometimes I read ... ideologically non-compliant books (personally always try to aggressively sit with the opinions that raise my hackles in some ways and then find the common areas where we do overlap - it partly dovetails into why my "social-justic-y" tag is simply labeled "awareness" as I really dislike how [gestures at] is framed these days) and (2a) I like having a place where that information isn't likely to be used against me, and (b) I like having the freedom to give the most-honest-I-can-give thoughts without fear of hurting somebody's feelings via rec.

But uh, life finds a way? 

This may or may not be a (bi-)monthly series. It does not cover all the reviews I give, or all the books, but it may be of interest. Sometimes I'll format the review in literally the shape of how many stars I give it; that does not always happen due to sheer bandwidth.
(  Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary (artbook) )

( The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier )

( The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader  )

( McSweeney's #54: The End of Trust )

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- from The Persistent Desire anthology, Jan Brown



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