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Random transphobia? That’s new

I really enjoyed the Imagined Reality section and will likely end up giving it 4 stars for that. I’ve been back and forth on the illustration colors and the overwhelming amount of white, but it does seem to be changing over the course of the book.

Finished Part 2: How WE Got Here

This was the meat and potatoes of the book. Having the research on how the wars, gerrymandering, “swing” states, white feminism, and voter oppression affected our elections throughout the century is vital to understanding how change needs to occur. The chapter on Harris’ 2020 campaign was also extremely helpful.

The chapter Georgia Outkasts in itself should be mandatory reading for any poli-sci majors, or really any high school student. This whole book should be, but this chapter really outlines what is going on state-by-state and when we turn a blind eye to what’s happening to BIPOC voters and BIPOC lives.

Having a difficult time finishing this as it’s not what I expected it to be about. It’s beautifully written, but I was expecting true horror over metaphorical horror turned gothic horror.

Finished Part 1: How I Got Here.
I enjoyed the memoir aspect with also having several beneficial facts added in. It also makes me wonder how much of funding going to areas of human rights is truly diverse (sidebar based on Ferguson). Thoughts to research.

“He died of head injuries.”
“He was finished off with a knife.”

Potentially translation error, but I really wish someone would have caught that.

God, Drew sucks. 1. Douche. 2. Cheese-Stealing Douche. 3. Interrupting Cheese-Stealing Douche.

Ten pages in and there it is 🙄

So far everyone can apparently read minds and are all self-absorbed. Excitement grows for at least one of the main cast to die.

So far, it’s mainly memoir, but it has started to get into the process of writing (at least, how his process began).

Turning Guanyin into a fallen angel was an…interesting…choice