The Alexandria Phoenix
alexandriaphoenix.bsky.social
The Alexandria Phoenix
@alexandriaphoenix.bsky.social
Comedic critical thinking 🤔 through reading 📚

https://www.thealexandriaphoenix.com
https://www.ala.org/bbooks
Are we the aftermath of the universe’s choice to have a cigarette and coffee for breakfast? This book offers a fun tour of the leading scientific theory of cosmological beginning. Strap in and prepare to be humbled!

link to full review in bio 💙📚
August 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Is religion largely to blame for mankind’s historical aptitude for systemic violence? Or is it the state manipulating religious ideology?

link to full review in bio 💙📚
June 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
You can take away their women’s rights, but never their statues!

link to full review in bio 📚💙
May 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Written by Oxford historian and atheist (GASP!) Robin Lane Fox, this book explores whether or not the Bible gets things wrong (GASP!) and assesses it as a source of literal truth. His findings might surprise you…just kidding, they won’t 🤷🏼‍♂️

link to full review in bio 📚💙
May 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Elizabeth Kolbert argues a compelling case that interlaces research from multiple disciplines. Captivating species that have already been lost are highlighted. A poignant look into the impacts we’ve already wrought on an overtaxed planet.

link to full review in bio 💙📚
April 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This book shatters the myth that in America, liberty and hard work are paths that guarantee social mobility for all. America’s destitute have been told to just pull themselves up by the same bootstraps that politicians have been hanging them by since the country’s inception.

link in bio 💙📚
March 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Drawing on decades of observation on human and animal behavior, Frans debunks the claim that traditional gender roles in human societies are wholly reinforced by nature.

link to full review in bio 💙📚
March 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This book explores the origins of religion’s primary bargaining chip, promises of an afterlife. It begs the question, if an offer of salvation promises punishment if declined, is it salvation, or extortion?

link to full review in bio 💙📚
March 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Diamond makes a compelling, albeit highly contentious argument that geographical factors played the primary role in the fates of human civilizations.

link to full review in bio
March 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is the ‘Good Book’ (KJV) annotated with 14 different categories that include classics such as absurdity, intolerance, contradictions, and conflicts with science and history!
March 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Quick Reference: Grades: History
March 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Quick Reference: Grades: Science
March 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Quick Reference: Grades: Religion
March 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM