Melissa Prentice

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“[W]hat counts as ‘realistic’, what seems possible at any point in the social field, is defined by a series of political determinations. An ideological position can never be really successful until it is naturalized, and it cannot be naturalized while it is still thought of as a value rather than a fact. Accordingly, neoliberalism has sought to eliminate the very category of value in the ethical sense. Over the past thirty years, capitalist realism has successfully installed a ‘business ontology’ in which it is simply obvious that everything in society, including healthcare and education, should be run as a business. … [E]mancipatory politics must always destroy the appearance of a ‘natural order’, must reveal what is presented as necessary and inevitable to be a mere contingency, just as it must make what was previously deemed to be impossible seem attainable.”
― Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

tags: capitalism, capitalist-realism, ideology, nature, neoliberalism, possibility, value

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“I'm a born librarian with a sex drive”
― David Bowie

tags: david-bowie, librarian

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“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

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“The role of capitalist ideology is not to make an explicit case for something in the way that propaganda does, but to conceal the fact that the operations of capital do not depend on any sort of subjectively assumed belief. It is impossible to conceive of fascism or Stalinism without propaganda - but capitalism can proceed perfectly well, in some ways better, without anyone making a case for it.”
― Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

tags: capitalism, capitalist-realism, ideology, nature, propaganda

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“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, to absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: feminism, gender-equality, jane-eyre

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Mead Library Books on Tap — 15 members — last activity Jan 04, 2020 02:05PM
A social book discussion group that meets at Urbane Bar & Grill, located at 1231 N. 8th St. in Sheboygan. Sessions are set for the first Tuesday of th ...more

Mead Library Book to Art Club — 19 members — last activity Oct 22, 2021 07:19PM
Read. Talk. Make. Open to Teens and Adults The Book to Art Club combines book discussion with hands-on project making to engage further with liter ...more

Sheboygan Graphic Novel Book Club — 6 members — last activity Jun 21, 2018 10:41AM
Come join Mead Public Library for our NEW book club at Paradigm Coffee & Music! Led by library assistant Sam Leber, this group is for both lovers of t ...more

Romance on the Rocks Book Club — 7 members — last activity Apr 13, 2021 11:44AM
Enjoy a little romance with a twist this year! The Romance on the Rocks book club meets every other month, alternating with the Moonlight & Murder boo ...more

Moonlight & Murder Book Club — 5 members — last activity Mar 11, 2021 05:43PM
Looking for a little mystery and suspense? The Moonlight & Murder book club meets every other month, alternating with the Romance on the Rocks book cl ...more

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