September

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September’s Bookshelves

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currently-reading‎ (9)
read‎ (981)
did-not-finish‎ (1)
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series‎ (760)
fantasy‎ (590)
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non-fiction‎ (394)
media-audio‎ (352)

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romance‎ (311)
historical-fiction‎ (211)
dystopian-and-post-apocalyptic‎ (206)
mystery-detective‎ (191)
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nf-psychology‎ (164)
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September is Currently Reading

September is currently reading

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

by Ed Yong

bookshelves: nf-psychology, nf-science, non-fiction, currently-reading, media-audio

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Decolonization and Afro-Feminism

by Sylvia Tamale

bookshelves: currently-reading, media-ebooks, nf-philosophy, nf-sociology, non-fiction

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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

by Lisa Feldman Barrett (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, nf-psychology, nf-science, nf-sociology, non-fiction

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September’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently

Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently by Beau Lotto

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Doubt is the genesis of powerful, deviating possibilities. In this way, the human brain is able to shed constricting assumptions and see beyond the utility with which the past has trained it to see. As I like to say, the cash is in the ...more

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September’s Quotes

“What is it about a woman in full control of herself that is so utterly frightening?”
― Rachel Harrison, Cackle

tags: cackle, female-empowerment, female-protagonist, women-empowerment, womens-rights

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“Christian supremacy is predicated on an exceptionalism that is so impossible that it requires adherents to denigrate others and bring them low in order to find the elevation they desperately fear they need to be loved by God.”
― Jamie Arpin-Ricci

tags: christian-supremacy, christianity, exceptionalism, god, love, pride, supremacy

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“You can't feed me to the wolves. They come when I call...”
― Holly Knight, I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

tags: female-empowerment, memoir, songwriter

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“I do not know when I am being what they want me to be and when I am myself.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Borne

tags: authenticity, conflict, expectations, identity, personal-growth, self-awareness, self-doubt

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“Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason.”
― C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

tags: female-empowerment, feminism, sexism

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