READING BREAK (AGAIN) | Reading Vlog No. 27
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- Опубликовано: 3 апр 2024
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Books Mentioned:
📖Takedown - Farah Nayeri
📖Under A Glass Bell - Anais Nin
📖The Dud Avocado - Elaine Dundy
📖Ordinary Notes - Christina Sharpe
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noor this was a beautiful vlog (the spring vibes, the outfits, the food, etc etc). also awesome book recommendations and commentary as per usual -- christina sharpe's book sounds so up my alley. i'll have to try and find it at the library tmrw.
also, the ways the genocide of palestinians is being shared on social media is something ive thought a lot abt. to add another dimension to the convo: knowing that the videos coming from gaza are being filmed by gazans to document their genocide and bc western solidarity with palestine completely hinges on palestinian death is just. jesus, i dont even know how to word it. like, when motaz azaiza was still reporting in gaza, he posted on instagram an apology to other palestinians for all the videos he was filming. like i dont even know wut to say to that. ive seen ppl who arent palestinian say he didnt have to apologize, but he was never apologizing to us. he was apologizing to his ppl. idk my thoughts r all jumbled abt this.
i remember there being an essay by a writer from the palestinian diaspora abt this very issue, but i cant remember the title. i'll edit my comment when i do. edit: it's "the work of the witness" by sarah aziza and can be found on jewish currents !
thank you for the essay recommendation!! i will definitely be reading this soon because this has all been playing on my mind - the relationship between attention economies, spectatorship, and violence...
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i thought your thoughts on representations of children both in the context of the christina sharpe book & also in terms of genocide in palestine were rly great. using children to underline 'innocence' is such a disservice to children & adults i think ! it fetishises innocence itself as this unique virtue without which all [mostly racial] violence can be justified... idk if that makes sense, i dont think im adding anything here but i just wanted to comment bc it was great to hear you discuss things like this. i also do think it is important to specifically note that violence is happening to children, and in terms of gaza, children are perpetually under attack partially bc children as a class are subjugated. but like focusing on that i think can be done without representing them as solely passive victims who if they were to be angry or to fight back would immediately no longer deserve compassion or support, if that makes sense?? sorry for this mess of a comment, i am gonna see if my library has the audio book of ordinary notes i think !!
I’ve been on a reading slump ever since I finished my brilliant friend series 😭
ahhh i can imagine!! i am saving the final book for when it gets a bit warmer here and already anticipating how empty i'll feel once it's over