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16/100 I've never played the video game or seen the TV series, so maybe I'm missing the context to enjoy this more than I did. It seemed pretty standard post-apocalyptic stuff, two girls escape a military camp/school and see what the world is like outside. 3 ⭐⭐⭐
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Just excellent.
Everyone should read it, even if it's a hard read because of the content (sexual assault + trauma).
In this graphic memoir, Una questions the treatment of women, how difficult it is for a female victim to be heard, the labels put on women (good/bad victims), she also questions the responsibility of men, the banality of men's violence, the cause of this violence.
A lot of food for thought.

https://youtu.be/nH_zvbNOStI?si=AWlPP6ssLST5s5R9

an unusual and very bleak book to read during #wintergames but it was leant to me by someone at work after a really interesting conversation about true crime. This is the graphic novel memoir of a woman living in Yorkshire during the time of the Yorkshire ripper murders and reflecting on her own experiences with sexual violence. An interesting and horrid look at what authority figures notice and don‘t notice, it reminded me of My Friend Dahmer

“They could have killed every one of you”

I would use this to show my students that literature can be used with songs. I would also use this to teach my students to fight for what is right.

In George Ella Lyons book, Which side are you on? Published in 2011. The story is told of the classic union song that was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. It has been sung by people fighting for their rights all over the world.

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#violence
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