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Tone policing in all these places is the constant judgment—or threat of judgment—on how BIPOC express themselves. As Claudia Rankine writes, “For Serena, the daily diminishment is a low flame, a constant drip. Every look, every comment,
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“At the end of an evening, her women friends would hug her, or a friend’s husband might slip his arm around her waist to kiss her, just a little too suggestively, and the coldness in her would respond, I don’t give a damn if I ever see any of you again.”
― The Best American Short Stories 2014
― The Best American Short Stories 2014
“The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
― Mortals and Others
― Mortals and Others
Ask Karen Russell
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Join innovative author Karen Russell for a discussion of her work in celebration of the paperback release of her novel Swamplandia. This is a chance t ...more
Goodreads Company Book Club
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— last activity Dec 05, 2016 04:45PM
Book club for Goodreads employees and alumni. We're a reading machine! In addition to this group, we have some other interest-specific reading groups ...more
Think Big Book Club
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— last activity Apr 19, 2017 05:26PM
A book club for Goodreads employees who want to Think Big. We'll read and discuss one book (every other month) around how others have thought big abou ...more
F-Word Book Group!
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Goodreads company feminist book group! What's not to love? ...more
Goodreads Dev
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Devs at Goodreads read tech books and learn things together
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