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A History of My Brief Body
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This book says so many important, powerful, heartfelt things. This book is so important. I could barely get through it.
I don’t think I was smart enough for this book. I know i didn’t understand a lot of it and that upon a reread i would probably rate this book higher, but i think the layout of the book itself just didn’t match up to my brain and it wasn’t a good time for anyone.
I really appreciate this book and the author for all the things said in this book, it just really wasn’t for me this time.
I don’t think I was smart enough for this book. I know i didn’t understand a lot of it and that upon a reread i would probably rate this book higher, but i think the layout of the book itself just didn’t match up to my brain and it wasn’t a good time for anyone.
I really appreciate this book and the author for all the things said in this book, it just really wasn’t for me this time.
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August 30, 2020
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August 30, 2020
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June 2, 2021
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June 2, 2021
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2.08%
"“despite the stories of progress and equality at the core of Canada‘s national identity, a long tradition of brutality and negligence is what constitutes kinship for the citizens of a nation sat atop the lands of older, more storied ones. I can’t promise I won’t become snared in someone’s lethal mythology of race.�"
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June 8, 2021
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16.15%
"“teens don’t read for beauty, but to practise the art of disappearance. today, i read and write for beauty, and live so as to disappear.�"
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June 11, 2021
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24.48%
"“i have a phobia of the police. how could i trust he who disavowed personhood to instead be a gun?�"
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June 13, 2021
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36.98%
"“From nowhere but the graveyard of history could someone marshal the cruelty of denying someone the solidity of everyday life.�"
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July 26, 2021
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52.08%
"“everywhere, Canadians are forgiven for a history they continue to stage in the theatres of every day life�"
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August 7, 2021
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August 8, 2021
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Aug 26, 2021 09:05PM
I wish I could say I finished it but pretty quickly I found out I was going to end this book not truly connected to it. Your review was my exact thought, maybe I’m not smart enough for this book lol🤷🏽♂� I’ve read quite a bit of philosophy, psychology and history, PHD writers among them…but idk, I just didn’t want to read a whole book that made me feel like I had to keep stopping to re read or to look up words. Thanks for posting this!
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