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“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.”
― The Beauty Myth
― The Beauty Myth
“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the conditions of peace and chaos that impact the lives of those who inhabit one’s beloved extended community.”
― Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
― Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
“If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it?”
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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just... start.”
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Katie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Katie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,181 books
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106 friends
514 books
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154 friends
381 books
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73 friends
327 books
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52 friends
309 books
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84 friends
97 books
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40 friends
1,654 books
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80 friends
636 books
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224 friends
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