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Not very creative, not extraordinarily clued-up, but a decent human. Reads books / texts of all sorts in English and German. ❤️ for #dogs, #veganfood, #spreadsheets, #indiefiction

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No cover — Virginia Woolf: Flush (2018, Penguin Random House)

Ha-Joon Chang: Economics: The User's Guide (2014, Pelikan)

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Realistic Pessimist started reading Pageboy by Elliot Page

Elliot Page: Pageboy (EBook, 2023, Flatiron Books)

Pageboy by Elliot Page

Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy …

Realistic Pessimist rated Vehicle: 4 stars

Jen Calleja: Vehicle (Paperback, Prototype)

Vehicle by Jen Calleja

In a time when looking into the past has become a socially unacceptable and illegal act in the Nation, a …

Realistic Pessimist finished reading Vehicle by Jen Calleja

Vehicle by Jen Calleja

In a time when looking into the past has become a socially unacceptable and illegal act in the Nation, a …

Realistic Pessimist rated Madness: 4 stars

Realistic Pessimist rated Wer Inklusion will, findet einen Weg. Wer sie nicht will, findet Ausreden.: 4 stars

Raúl Aguayo-Krauthausen: Wer Inklusion will, findet einen Weg. Wer sie nicht will, findet Ausreden. (Paperback, German language, 2023, Rowohlt)

Wer Inklusion will, findet einen Weg. Wer sie nicht will, findet Ausreden. by Raúl Aguayo-Krauthausen

Raúl Krauthausen ist der bekannteste Aktivist für Inklusion und Barrierefreiheit – und die lauteste Stimme in Deutschland, wenn es um …

Realistic Pessimist rated Red Rosa: 4 stars

Red Rosa by Kate Evans

"A giant of the political left, Rosa Luxemburg is one of the foremost minds in the canon of revolutionary socialist …

Realistic Pessimist reviewed Love, Leda by Mark Hayatt

Review of 'Love, Leda' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

More of 3.5 rating. Liked lots about this, but was very frustrated about the way the middle aged woman's body was described in such a derogative tone and it felt like the male characters had more space for variations within their gender bracket than the female ones. Of course those brackets were quite narrow in the time the novel is set in, but the male gaze of the time is very palpable.

Realistic Pessimist rated Lügendetektor. Vernehmungen im besiegten Deutschland 1944/45.: 5 stars

Saul K. Padover: Lügendetektor. Vernehmungen im besiegten Deutschland 1944/45. (Paperback, German language, 2001, Econ Tb.)

Lügendetektor. Vernehmungen im besiegten Deutschland 1944/45. by Saul K. Padover

Realistic Pessimist reviewed Frauen der Unterwelt

Review of 'Frauen der Unterwelt' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Dieses Buch vereint Tine Rahel Völckers Theaterstück mit einer informativen Einleitung und drei Beiträgen, die Behinderung, Pathologisierung unerwünschten Verhaltens von Frauen und Psychiatrie-Kritik thematisieren. Alle Elemente dieses Buchs sind gleichermaßen lesenswert und bereichern das Stück, sowohl als zusätzliche Einblicke als auch mit kritischen Hinweisen. Sehr lesenswert.