Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
5/10: abandoning a plan
...to read or listen to all of Angela Thirkell's Barsetshire books. I so much wanted to love them, and I was excited that they might give me a chance to return to Barsetshire in a new way. There were funny, smart, and interesting moments in the five I've read or listened to so far, but the misogynistic moments are more frequent and mean than I can take. It felt freeing to realize that I didn't have to grit my teeth and get through more of them, that the tidiness and convenience of the plan shouldn't outweigh the discomfort of following it to completion.
No comments:
Post a Comment