zvavybir commented on Precarious Life by Judith Butler
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zvavybir started reading Precarious Life by Judith Butler
Started reading it when I was visiting my parents last week, but didn't get around til now to post it here. So far looks nice.
Started reading it when I was visiting my parents last week, but didn't get around til now to post it here. So far looks nice.
zvavybir finished reading Unlearning Shame by Devon Price
Systemic Shame is the socially engineered self-loathing that says we are solely to blame for …
Finished it already at the beginning of the week when I was on the train. Full review will come at some point, but was a nice book.
Finished it already at the beginning of the week when I was on the train. Full review will come at some point, but was a nice book.
zvavybir quoted Unlearning Shame by Devon Price
Systemic Shame is the socially engineered self-loathing that says we are solely to blame for …
and I rushed to the nearest queer-affirming bookstore or Target to buy up all the pride gear I could find to replace it.
— Unlearning Shame by Devon Price (Page 78)
Great (/s, but also genuinely), apparently this – a throwaway line in something completely off-topic – is how I learn where to get queer buttons and stuff! Let's see where the nearest queer bookstore is…
Great (/s, but also genuinely), apparently this – a throwaway line in something completely off-topic – is how I learn where to get queer buttons and stuff! Let's see where the nearest queer bookstore is…
zvavybir started reading Unlearning Shame by Devon Price
Systemic Shame is the socially engineered self-loathing that says we are solely to blame for …
Content warning pol, mental health, ableism
The other book I just started to read had some minor red flags which made me a bit panic-y, so I need a comfort read, which that exactly is (slightly weird that something with that topic counts as "comfort", but apparently it is).
zvavybir started reading The Capacity Contract by Stacy Clifford Simplican
Content warning disability justice
That book is often cited in the context of disability justice and has quite an intriguing name, so let's read it.
zvavybir finished reading Resisting AI by Dan McQuillan
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t …
Content warning pol, fascism, AI
Bit long winded, but did give me quite something to think about, so quite nice. Full review follows once I manage to write one.
zvavybir stopped reading How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Angela Davis
Work of political economy, detailing the impact of slavery and colonialism on the history of …
I haven't continued reading it in a long time, so I have effectively already stopped reading it. Maybe I will come back to it at some point in the future, but right now it doesn't look like I will. The age (and therefore outdated analyses) are just too much for me to keep reading (although maybe I'm just judging it too quickly…)…
I haven't continued reading it in a long time, so I have effectively already stopped reading it. Maybe I will come back to it at some point in the future, but right now it doesn't look like I will. The age (and therefore outdated analyses) are just too much for me to keep reading (although maybe I'm just judging it too quickly…)…
Quick review of the Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths
4 stars
Quite a nice book. I do see why it is one of the standard works on the topic. It has the for physics usual imprecise notation&stuff, but I still learned a lot.
Quite a nice book. I do see why it is one of the standard works on the topic. It has the for physics usual imprecise notation&stuff, but I still learned a lot.
zvavybir finished reading Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. Griffiths
Still have some exercises/references that I want to do/look up, but all in all I finally finished it! Just in time for the next semester…
Still have some exercises/references that I want to do/look up, but all in all I finally finished it! Just in time for the next semester…
zvavybir commented on Resisting AI by Dan McQuillan
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t …
Just finally read something again after an eternity (also know as "a month") of basically no reading!
Just finally read something again after an eternity (also know as "a month") of basically no reading!
zvavybir started reading Resisting AI by Dan McQuillan
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t …
This is always primarily cited&recommended when discussing AI well, so let's read it!
This is always primarily cited&recommended when discussing AI well, so let's read it!
zvavybir finished reading Contesting intersex by Georgiann Davis (Biopolitics: medicine, technoscience, and health in the 21st century)
"When Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking …
Content warning intersexism
Just finished "Contesting Intersex". Was a nice book despite the heavy topic. I will make a complete review once I have more time.
zvavybir commented on Contesting intersex by Georgiann Davis (Biopolitics: medicine, technoscience, and health in the 21st century)
"When Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking …
Woke up very early tonight/"this morning", so read like a third…
Woke up very early tonight/"this morning", so read like a third…
zvavybir replied to Winter Irene :he_him:'s status
Content warning intersexism
@kingdomcome@solarpunk.moe Not a coincidence, I'm reading it on your recommendation :). (Thanks for that btw!)