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Anyone want to check out some more obscure feminist political literature?

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Anyone want to check out some more obscure feminist political literature?

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Some possible suggestions include:

- The Xenofeminist Manifesto (available free online at https://www.laboriacuboniks.net/ but the physical copy is so much nicer)
I would write a summary but it's so short that you can just read it yourself! They don't waste words, making this a text you just can't put down, despite how brief it is at probably less than an hour's worth of reading. This manifesto is packed with a science fiction flavour (the authors prioritise positive, constructive visions of what their society could look like over negative critique of the status quo.)

- Beyond Negativity: What Comes Beyond Gender Nihilism? (https://medium.com/@alysonescalante/beyond-negativity-what-comes-after-gender-nihilism-bbd80a5fc05d)
This article should introduce you to the concept of Gender Nihilism and then give you a Marxist Feminist critique of it, given by the author of the original gender nihilist article.

- Gender Acceleration, a Blackpaper by Nyx Land (https://vastabrupt.com/2018/10/31/gender-acceleration/)
You should read the Xenofeminist Manifesto first and  some familiarity with esoteric and accelerationist theory would be useful. Reading a fascist like Evola or watching some Jordan Peterson youtube videos or something could unironically help if you are new to esotericism, and you might want to read the first essay or so of Fanged Noumena and listen to some accelerationist podcasts to understand their perspective.

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A Visit from the Goon Squad's Chapter 12 Powerpoint - listening to music by reading a book?

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A Visit from the Goon Squad's Chapter 12 Powerpoint - listening to music by reading a book?

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Pretty unique - check it out in the link below! What did you think of this inclusion?

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'What do you want to be when we grow up?' implies that growing up is a finite process. Michelle Obama's title rejects this age-old question and presents her life as a journey of becoming, growth and a continual influx of new chapters in life. How do these converse perspectives affect the way in which we approach our own lives and identities, view the lives of others, plan for the future, and view our purpose?

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Why Michelle Obama Chose Becoming as the Title of Her Upcoming Memoir | Oprah's Book Club | OWN

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Goon Squad: Non-Chronological and Multiple Story Lines

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Goon Squad: Non-Chronological and Multiple Story Lines

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Egan wrote these stories with three guiding rules: 1) Each chapter had to be about a different person. 2) Each chapter had to have a different mood and tone and approach. 3) Each chapter had to stand completely on its own. This means each story can be read as a stand-alone. How do you think pulling a story out of the context of this novel would affect its impact on the reader?

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Aldous Huxley and Brave New World: The Dark Side of Pleasure

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Are we in a Brave New World? What about a 1984 Big Brother State? Did either Huxley or Orwell get it right?

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Are we in a Brave New World? What about a 1984 Big Brother State? Did either Huxley or Orwell get it right?

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George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, depicted a horrific vision of a brutal, mind-controlling totalitarian state - the book predicted Big Brother, thoughtcrime, newspeak, the memory hole, the torture palace called the Ministry of Love, and the discouraging spectacle of a boot grinding into the human face forever. Since 9/11 could anti-terrorism laws mirror this? What about fake news and post-truth,  the influence of Big Data, and targetted social media content?

Brave New World proposes a different and softer form of totalitarianism - one of conformity achieved through engineered, bottle-grown babies and hypnotic persuasion rather than through brutality, of boundless consumption that keeps the wheels of production turning and of officially enforced promiscuity that does away with sexual frustration, of a pre-ordained caste system ranging from a highly intelligent managerial class to a subgroup of dim-witted serfs programmed to love their menial work, and of soma, a drug that confers instant bliss with no side effects. Today, shopping malls and consumerism plague our ever-expanding urban and digital spaces. Society's capacity in genetic engineering exceeds our ethical ability to determine its use. Dating apps have allowed unprecedented access to sex, and opioid problems persist across the globe. Social media is possibly the most disruptive distraction of all. Have these advances catapulted us into a world of Soma, pleasurable detention, and soft power held by states or corporations?

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In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.

In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.

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The saying goes, “Father Time is undefeated,” and the meaning is pretty straightforward: as a person ages, their potential for significance (whether in an athletic or a creative capacity) ultimately dwindles. This thinking is frequently applied to aging sports legends, veteran employees, and fading musicians. But no matter the inevitability of time’s march, it is life’s twists and turns that afford each of us the opportunity to grow and impact our surrounding world. That is the idea, at least, behind Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, A Visit from the Goon Squad.

Meet music mogul Bennie Salazar and his young personal assistant, Sasha. Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. All of these characters convey the many stages of life we all will encounter and the ever-changing roles we play. Jennifer Egan’s vivid portraits allow the reader a satisfyingly raw look at authentic people who are molded and fractured by those around them. With music pulsing on every page, A Visit from the Goon Squad is a startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption.

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Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, inhabited by genetically modified citizens and an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist.

A world of genetically modified babies, boundless consumption, casual sex and drugs ... How does Aldous Huxley's vision of a totalitarian future stand up 75 years after Brave New World was first published?

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e-Book available: http://gen.lib.rus.ec/fiction/E5930C42822FE16FA1C07506E1BC3339

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e-Book available: http://gen.lib.rus.ec/fiction/9CADB82ED2C8778EA5F7FA9BD3A0F577

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e-Book available: http://gen.lib.rus.ec/fiction/6316F60A92007158A9CA8E47DDA47377

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Welcome to the ANU Learning Communities Online Book Club!

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Welcome to the ANU Learning Communities Online Book Club!

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We will we posting 3 books a fortnight - 1 classic literature, 1 contemporary fiction, and 1 non-fiction, to discuss in this forum. We will post multiple means to access these books - see comments section. Due to  COVID-19, we will aim to provide at least 1 means of accessing the book without having to leave your home! This will generally be an audiobook format.
We envisage this to be an engaging and respectful forum for discussing diverse books. We will pose discussion questions, but it is up to you to make this space thrive through sharing your thoughts! Post comments, questions, images, relevant links and more!
Let's kick things off by replying to this thread with:  your favourite place to read, the book character you'd most like to be, and a book that changed the way you think and why.