Status Updates From Scapegoat: What the Invasiv...

putting a pause on this since it's a library book that's up. buying the book and resuming soon.

it is taking me so long because it makes me really angry and sad about the evil done by capitalism.

This is a dense but not unapproachable text. Very interesting arguments that start from the ground up, from the idea of language itself to how language connects with ideas to how people manipulate language for their own gain. It is not a breezey read but I will have to give it back to the library eventually

After the small out of place chair, this book is so beyond important. I'm glad ak press put it out, too, as maybe it will bridge some divides between communities. The section on barred/spotted owl "conflict" made me tear up and should be required reading for everyon. Killing thousands of barred owls while still allowing logging in spotted habitat and the killing of spotted by logging companies is brutal insanity.

Very strong intro veres into a book about the semiotics of health and science writing that rarely mentions the topic of the book. Then eres into some conspiracist territory so I'm fact checking sources and asking a researcher friend. Disappointing for the topic, but most crit I agree with as a book about language.