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Meghan1
Hungry Ghost | Victoria Ying
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Book 21 of 2024. This YA graphic novel was heartbreaking, as it dealt with bulimia and death of a parent. I wish it had been a little longer. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Eggs
Perfect | Natasha Friend
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“You cry in your room. I cry in my room. Mom cries in Mom's room. And in the morning everyone pretends like they never cried once in their life.”

Teen Isabelle is grieving the loss of her dad, but what makes it even more heartbreaking is that no one - especially her mom - will talk about it or acknowledge the loss…

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ImperfectCJ
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The lineage of this test making it to me was, I think, @ElizaMarie from @Chrissyreadit from @TieDyeDude from @The_Book_Ninja

Despite flaws in the test, for a former subscriber to Ms. Magazine, someone who saw Gloria Steinem speak at Duke University, who participated in Take Back the Night rallies, and whose later feminism was strongly influenced by work with birthing and childrearing families, it's a quick look at where feminism is today.

Chrissyreadit I‘m so curious! it looks like you have a more moderate approach to feminism and i am genuinely wondering what major influences were? I suspect we grew up during same time frame- i also subscribed to Ms and follow Steinem. I‘m enjoying seeing all the results and many of the questions i think would have been answered differently (by me) with a more nuanced approach. 9mo
TieDyeDude The ecofeminism stuff really threw me. I'm sure this barely scratches the surface, but it was an interesting exercise. 9mo
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ImperfectCJ @Chrissyreadit My moderate results are likely a combination of a bit of an allergy to making decisive declarative statements (i.e., thumbs up or double thumbs up) about nuanced issues, and the fact that a lot of these nuanced issues are presented as decisive and declarative. My influences are varied and include the tagged, women's studies classes in the late 90s, watching how women are treated by the medical system, and Audre Lord, to name a few. 9mo
ImperfectCJ *Audre Lorde. Especially this book of hers (I'm not big on poetry, but I like essays). 9mo
ImperfectCJ @TieDyeDude Agreed. And also how the questions/statements seem to use patriarchy and capitalism interchangeably (although that might have been a misinterpretation on my part). 9mo
Chrissyreadit @TieDyeDude I agree! i tend to see eco through a financial lens- and can see how it is more nuanced and intersected. @ImperfectCJ Yes- i was surprised by some of the statements tbh. I have a very inclusive view of feminism but some of those statements were clearly exclusive- unless perhaps more nuances were to be presented. Either way it‘s making me think and want to have conversations and i love anything that does that. 9mo
ImperfectCJ @Chrissyreadit Yes! The test results themselves feel uncomfortably segmented. This is a tendency in our culture right now that feels quite uncomfortable for me...as someone who's spent her adult life working to open up definitions of gender and feminism, it's disorienting to see my GenZ children embracing such granular labeling and definitions. I can't say it's bad, just not what I expected. 9mo
ElizaMarie I think some of my answers were more related to me being in health care. Gender identity is a huge part of what we are discussing at the workplace and having family members and friends who are nonbinary, transgender and in same sex relationships made me consider those statements more carefully. That and being a Latina in Vermont. I think if I filled it out while still living in south TX I might not have answered similarly. (edited) 9mo
Chrissyreadit @ElizaMarie For me it really felt more like differentiating between what are considered societal norms and what i truly believe. Also i consider myself a fairly rabid feminist so was surprised by some of my own initial responses. I also wonder what responses my colleagues in my clinic would have. 9mo
ElizaMarie @Chrissyreadit I really enjoyed this “exercise”. I feel like I need to either read more or engage more with people and have these discussions more regularly. 9mo
The_Book_Ninja Thank you to everyone who tagged me. I‘ve enjoyed seeing the varied results 9mo
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Lindy
Hungry Ghost | Victoria Ying
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A moving fictional account of a Taiwanese American girl with disordered eating, told in comics format. The author‘s note at the end says she based this on her own experiences and that doesn‘t surprise me because it rings so true.

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Lindy
Hungry Ghost | Victoria Ying
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Images can carry so much that isn‘t in the text. In this scene, it‘s clear that a football player is giving Jordan an appreciative look, but in the next panel we see Jordan‘s friend Valerie thinking Jordan is sadly delusional. That no football player would look twice at Jordan because she‘s fat. Valerie can‘t see what‘s right in front of her, including the fact that she herself has disordered eating.

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Lindy
Hungry Ghost | Victoria Ying
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Remember, don‘t eat, just taste.
[Her mother‘s instructions are about not eating her own birthday cake.]

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charl08
Hungry Ghost | Victoria Ying
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Val faces her own fears following her dad's death.

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charl08
Hungry Ghost | Victoria Ying
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Aw, this made me a bit teary. The kindness of strangers. Someone made a similar gesture when I was in the last days of editing and thinking I'd never submit.

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Coueriamb
Hungry Ghost | Victoria Ying
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Back on track with the Scarathon Photo challenge- and a new pal for Archibald my Skelefriend! Meet my new fave little ghostly ornament. Unnamed as of yet but SO super cute.

Not yet finished with the tagged book- but so far really good and touching.

#scarathon #scarathonphotochallenge #teamBOOklovers

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misswilwarin
Reasons to Be Happy | Katrina Kittle
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Despite being a book for teens, I‘d recommend this book for anyone struggling with mental health related to body image issues or loss of a loved one. It‘s an easy “coming of age” read that reminds you to appreciate the little things in life.