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Cultish Review: Words are Weapons
I would not have said I am someone fascinated with cults. I haven't seen Midsommar, I have paid very little attention to Scientology before picking this up.
There is Power to be Found and Claimed in Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology
Part non-fiction study of mythical monsters, part-memoir, and all delivered through Zimmerman’s sharp and unwavering feminist lens. I fucking love this book.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean: Didion Does it Again
My main takeaway from this collection is that the more niche, specific, and obsessed with a pitch an author is, the more salacious and enjoyable the resulting article is to read.
Imagine Wanting Only This: On Abandoned Spaces
When I blindly pick up a book and the Midwest is a main component it feels familiar, almost cozy. I am familiar with multiple cities mentioned in Kristen Radke’s Imagine Wanting Only This and I didn’t know that going in.
Heatwave, Or, Holden Caulfield Vacations À La Française
I imagine Heatwave as a modern retelling of Catcher the Rye, but Holden Caulfield is a seventeen-year-old French incel vacationing in the Landes with his family. Needless to say, I did not like this cynical little book.
A Special Place for Women is a Deep-Dive Into the World of Girlboss Feminism
A play writing professor of mine once said that every story needs Alice to go to Wonderland. I haven’t read a book in a long time that I thought fit this writing advice so precisely.