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El Gringo is clumsy. He moves as though the air were too thick for him. Unable to gauge the magnitude of his body, he bumps into people, into things. He sweats. A lot.
“My mom was the only one in her family who didn’t practice Christianity. She believed in some higher power but didn’t like the cultishness of organized religion, even when it was what knit most of the Korean community”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
“The feminism at the University of Chicago on offer to the low-income Black women living in the neighborhood might as well have been a scene from The Help.”
― Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
― Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
“When they told us…We just sat in the car and looked at each other. All we could say was, I guess this is it.”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
“if you look around, if you look outside the bubble that privilege has created where you don’t have to worry about gun violence on a regular basis, you’ll see it’s a public epidemic that we ignore.”
― Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
― Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Javene’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Javene’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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