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Had amazing ton katsu with a friend last night and she gifted me the Best Essays 2019! I also finally bought Ken Liu’s The Paper Menagerie as so many people (esp @jjoongie) tell me I *NEED* to read it. // #bookstagram #igreads
It’s hard not to see the abuser as a sort of monolith in your story; part of the process of working through trauma is thinking through the stories they enacted on to you and how you built your entire understanding of yourself on these lies. I’ve written about my father before but this time I wanted to focus on my mother, who protected us as best she could in difficult circumstances, and who is the only reason I didn’t kill myself throughout my childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. I would not be here without her. Because of that, I wrote this for her, about what we went through, and about an unlikely little print that became an odd sort of icon for us. The middle picture in this series is of the print in question, the final picture is of the painting we were able to see in person at the Met. Thank you to @catapult for giving this piece a home and to @mattortile for guiding it to be far better now than it once was. If you’re interested, the link is in the bio as always 💜
Sunday (almost) still life: I saw @lamouretlamusique mention Anand Giridharadas’s episode of On Being with Krista Tippett over Thanksgiving and, from what she said, I decided to listen. His critique of market economy as a guiding ideological force, particularly in American society, piqued my interest so I picked up his recent book last week, which delves more into the ideas he unpacks with Tippett. What struck me was his reformulation of corporate social responsibility: corporations will often be willing to do more good, but they rarely (if ever) are willing to do less bad. The veneer of “doing good” thus often elides the harm built into the status quo. This isn’t what I usually read, but it’s interesting nonetheless. Also pictured: new hat on the needles, working with SUPER BULKY wool yarn this time, which I rarely do. But it’s so fun to work with 😆 Shout out to Pooh Bear for moseying over to steal the show. // #bookstagram #igreads #knitting #読書　#読者　#撮影
Hat complete in time for a windy dog walk, but I’ll add a pom pom once I settle on a color 🧶
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christm— 😴😴😴
I find certain writers ground me when I feel like a lot of the world is in chaos. Rebecca Solnit is one of these writers. Her long career and continual return to certain topics makes me feel that in some ways there have been improvements happening in the last few years. But she also reminds us how much still needs to be done. I’m happy to have her voice as one guide throughout all that is going on in the world. I highly recommend her latest book 💜 // #rebeccasolnit #bookstagram #igreads
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Day: May 17, 2018

Posted on:May 17, 2018May 26, 2018recommended readings

viet thanh nguyen: the sympathizer

One of my goals for 2018 is to be better about reading through the books I have lying around my home. Although I am pretty good about actually reading the books I accumulate, there are still a few books sitting on the shelf that I saw recently and couldn’t believe that I hadn’t read yet. […]

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