Oddly captivating and beautifully written. She takes such a simple topic (blue) and writes a series of lists or proses in all the ins and outs and intersections of "blueness". I'm in love, yet again, with another of Maggie Nelson's writings.
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Jaytee rated Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: 4 stars
Jaytee reviewed Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Review of 'Bluets' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Jaytee rated Queer Ultraviolence: Abridged BASH BACK! Anthology: 5 stars
Jaytee rated I know why the caged bird sings: 4 stars
I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
She was born Marguerite, but her brother Bailey nicknamed her Maya ("mine"). As little children they were sent to live …
Jaytee rated the sun and her flowers: 5 stars
the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur
Divided into five chapters and illustrated by Kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, …
Jaytee rated Milk and Honey: 5 stars
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
The book is divided into four chapters, each chapter serves a different purpose. They deal with different pains; heal different …
Salt by Nayyirah Waheed
This collection of poetry explores the realities of multiple identities, language, diasporic life and pain, the self, community, healing, celebration, …
Jaytee rated Your Soul Is a River: 4 stars
Jaytee rated From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation: 4 stars
Jaytee rated The Body Keeps the Score: 5 stars
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five …
Jaytee reviewed The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
A collection of essays explores empathy, using topics ranging from street violence and incarceration to …
Review of 'The Empathy Exams Essays' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Beautifully Creatively written. I felt most captivated by the first and last chapters and the reason why I give this book four stars instead of five is that I found myself feeling disinterested in the middle chapters where I had a hard time following the story and why it pertains to the books topic.
but.... if I could get all my friends to read the last chapter on women and pain, I would. It is incredible and has articulated thoughts on the trope of women being "overly emotional", "too much" so well. It resonated with me so much. So good.
Jaytee rated Program or Be Programmed: 4 stars
Program or Be Programmed by Douglas Rushkoff
"Ten Commands for a Digital Age" - practical advice about how to manage and master the digital society we live …
Jaytee rated Giovanni's Room: 4 stars
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (Penguin Modern Classics)
Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In …
Jaytee rated On Subbing: 5 stars
