Welcome to Litsy!

Saturday is homework and fika.
(Revised statement from previous version of entry: apparently reading books now.)

#recommendsday
Both the tagged book and this coffeeshop came highly recommended. ☕️

Quick kinderella decor edit ✨

How cute is this blind date with a book display? The store includes bookmarks and stickers with each wrapped book. Adorable!

A couple of weeks ago, on the anniversary of Foucault's death, the garden of his family home was open to the public, as was his office, & 2 short plays, including the premiere of the 1 based on the tagged book, were given for free. I was there, but as photos were not allowed, there's no proof 😊. I enjoyed the play, and am now reading the book. It contains Herculine's own account of her life as an intersex person in the 19th century.

This is a book that will stick with me for a while. I was introduced to several new-to-me concepts that are interesting to consider:
Terms like chrononormativity and frigidity
That asexuals are often assumed homosexual (if you're not in a hetero relationship, you must be hiding a same-sex one), because lack of desire is not valid. This thinking has been applied posthumously to both Langston Hughes and Octavia E. Butler, among others. ⤵️

"According to one study, 69.4 percent of the asexual participants report having their identity challenged, and the vast majority of those challenges came in the form of infantilization, with phrases like 'you are a late bloomer' or 'you just haven't met the right person.' The denial of self-governance... is informed by the perceived adult superiority and the dehumanization of children already present and normalized in our society."

I‘m vaguely surprised that I stuck with this very long audiobook about a 70s porn star/90s director that I had never heard of.

After leaving home for Berkeley and the summer of love, Candida gets caught up in drugs and the 70s golden era of porn production as a star. Later, she pivots to directing movies for women and couples but runs into financial trouble. I liked how Kamensky looked at the larger forces in play during Candida‘s life.