Thanks for the book reccomendation!

So I see Mark Forsyth doesnt hand out here. Im trying to bear in mind this book is 12 years old, I wonder if he stands by the casual forced gender binary crap.

its giving Julia Bairds Phosphorescence (derogatrory)

Honestly borrow from a library find the booka refrenced in the bibliography and have a go at them instead. I spend almost $40 dollars on this bloody thing

Also be warned in the year of our lord 2023 this woman had not gone back and critically evaluated her loving refrences to Musk or JKR whilst mentioning mentioning the harm of eugenics and 1 token ally ship line.

Another stinker
I cant deny this book is well researched. It is in severe need of structure and an editor. It is repetative rambling anf unfocused, at several points I recognised the same lines and phrases re-written. The 2 page "chapter" digression on maurice Snr feels like padding for length.

fuck i hadnt finished what we do in the shadows welp guess i never will now

A grim warning to leave this book on. I wonder what it was like for people reading this in the 80s & not the political climate we live in now. What the attitudes to this warning were and why they were unheeded. Thankyou @ladyknightthebrave.bsky.social for the gift of teaching me this book existed.

it genuinely depresses me how similar this rationale is to that of modern far right supporters..... we know what happens. we saw it happen before, but oh no the lesser of the two evils is not equality, socialised health care and dismantling of capitalist systems... gotta pick the Hitler candidate.

the ominous quote for the day... I have finished the book now and recommended it, but I slowly post a few more quotes.

I have been conditioned by my mum (nurse) to start problem solving any injury with ibuprofen, so this tracks. (to be clear it would not be her solution to this problem she cared very deeply for me but kids pick up strange things from nursing humour)

do you have strong policies on people refrening clips from you videos? The Disneyland bit is amazing and i want to refrence it when teaching about helping adults having bad days.

More ominous quotes... i hate the parts of this book that still seem applicable, but Levi writes in amazing prose.

I cant not read this without hearing it with lady knight's narration. Seriously, go watch "the holocaust isnt a metaphore" if you haven't already... especially if you have nebula