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210 reviews
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler
challenging
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press by Calvin Trillin
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter's Soul by Kurt Wagner
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Of the books currently on the market about the purchase of The Bird App™️, this is the closest, most accurate play-by-play there is, at least in my recollection. Recommended if you want to relive or learn all the daily drama.
Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
Exactly what you’d expect from Swisher, which is why it’s so good.
The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution by Rikki Schlott, Greg Lukianoff
slow-paced
1.0
What a missed opportunity. The anecdotes are cherry-picked to support evidence of the authors’ lived experiences instead of using existing data to question the bubble they exist within.
Erasure by Percival Everett
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The heartbreakingly real travails of an American family shimmer vividly against this backdrop of satire, perception, and social commentary. A remarkable journey.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail
Unmasking AI by Joy Buolamwini
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
An absolutely urgent look at how much smoke-and-mirrors messaging gets attached to the promises of the technologies tied to large data sets, what we should consider when evaluating them, and how to move forward knowingly and cautiously.
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This should be assigned homework for ever single person living in the United States.