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A Very Capitalist Condition: A history and politics of disability by Roddy Slorach
Did not finish book. Stopped at 37%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 37%.
i couldn’t get past the remarkable audacity (or should i say caucasity) of the author to claim that people in the global south had no concept of disability, i guess he never bothered to look up how disability might be discussed in any language besides his own.
Playing Politics with Natural Disaster: Hurricane Agnes, the 1972 Election, and the Origins of Fema by Timothy W. Kneeland
challenging
informative
fast-paced
3.5
Between XX and XY: Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes by Gerald N. Callahan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
far too much graphic sexual discussion. why sexual intercourse exists is entirely irrelevant, why is it discussed so thoroughly and in such detail???
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Rape, Suicide attempt
dyadism, forced genital reassignment surgery on intersex children
Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever by Geoff Williams
challenging
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters by Serhii Plokhy
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America's Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster by Al Roker
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.25
Atomic America: How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History by Todd Tucker
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 by William Hogeland, Al Roker
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.25