pickBook #17 of 2024: “Plotting Women” by Jean Franco
This was a challenge. I lack a lot of the background needed to understand many of the references made to other texts and authors, but the topic (women who, in their own ways, subverted gender norms/expectations in Mexican culture) was engrossing. I wouldn‘t recommend this book unless this has been a field of study for you already. It‘s dense.
so-soIdentity is becoming. Identity is intersectional.
reading theory takes a lot of mental energy for me so I was bored
so-soMildly amusing, can be read in a few sittings.
#DecemberDreams
A Malcolm Gladwell #WhiteStack already set up and ready to go 😁
pickThis was a really interesting way to examine the impact of the Beatles and James Bond on British and global culture. Some of the connections Higgs draws feel a teeny bit tenuous, but overall I really enjoyed the book. There are spoilers for many of the Bond films, so if you‘re not a spoiler fan you may want to watch at least No Time to Die before reading this.
In all that I‘ve read about the Beatles, this is the first I‘m hearing that the Maharishi had a degree in physics!
Also, this book is making me want to rewatch Get Back.
