Status Updates From Tionde december

Tenth of December: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Maybe I’m being harsh because I just read a David Foster Wallace short story that does a much better job addressing the need to self harm for attention but this is honestly the weakest one in the collection.

My Chivalric Fiasco: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

A common theme in short stories is a character realizing what exactly is happening as it is happening. I think this kind of leads short story writers to write about sexual violence. This one really was heartbreaking.

Home: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Also an interesting look at the war on terror. It’s about soldiers coming home, having carried out the empire’s violence, only to be shamed by those they return to, who, at some level, are both grateful for and ashamed of the violence.

Semplica Girl Diaries: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Interesting way to talk about exploitative immigrant labor in the imperial core. It doesn’t focus on, or hardly mention, the Semplica Girls. Think of this like the Zone of Interest. It just shows the daily lives of the “normal people” in the exploiter nation.

Al Roosten: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

These are all bangers. I’m having such a good time