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Aug. 3rd, 2019 05:38 pm1. ( spoilers for Daredevil season 3 episode 4 )
2. We started watching Umbrella Academy. ( spoilers for episode 1 )
I'm intrigued to see where it goes.
3.
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
So, it's a mixed bag. Lots of didactic messaging and gender essentialism and racist descriptions of Chinese people. However, Alcott is also ahead of her time in her disdain for the cult of invalidism, her insistence that smoking is bad for the health, her belief that girls should get plenty of physical exercise, and her belief that girls and boys should interact with each other regularly and learn from each other.
Despite the frequent sermonizing, I really like this book because Alcott draws the characters so well and makes me care about them. Now I just have to wonder which of her cousins Rosy grows up to marry. LOL
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2. We started watching Umbrella Academy. ( spoilers for episode 1 )
I'm intrigued to see where it goes.
3.
Eight Cousins by Louisa May AlcottMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
So, it's a mixed bag. Lots of didactic messaging and gender essentialism and racist descriptions of Chinese people. However, Alcott is also ahead of her time in her disdain for the cult of invalidism, her insistence that smoking is bad for the health, her belief that girls should get plenty of physical exercise, and her belief that girls and boys should interact with each other regularly and learn from each other.
Despite the frequent sermonizing, I really like this book because Alcott draws the characters so well and makes me care about them. Now I just have to wonder which of her cousins Rosy grows up to marry. LOL
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