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'The Nordic economies have been termed "cuddly capitalism"...The rate of taxation to support the common good is much higher in these countries than in the United States, but so is the Happiness Index..."

'In a gift economy, wealth is understood as having enough to share, and the practice for dealing with abundance is to give it away.'

'Recognizing "enoughness" is a radical act in an economy that is always urging us to consume more.'

Finally got to hear SJM's fave word: hoarfrost

This is sooooo looooong

Damn Ouyang wants to fuck Esen so bad it's sad

The story is good so far and the audiobook is well-narrated. Very heavy for a YA novel, but it makes sense seeing that the MC and sidekick (imma call call Kola a sidekick, he's a troublemaker so far ok) have died on/escaped from ships trafficking people to enslave them.

We step in the shit on purpose so we are forced to buy new shoes.

Yes I will finish this before book club on Sunday lol

Wrong Grammer on the German bits. Is it so hard to get an actual German person to proofread?! Esp. after winning a Pulitzer prize?!

Nothing can make me like Nesta.

Idk it's not really pulling me in. Had to switch to audiobook. Thank God Spotify has audiobooks now!!

This is so devastating honestly. But so good.

I'm reading this for work and I'm a little leery about this since it's a book about DEI in the workplace written by a white woman..it's got a fairly thicc bibliography at the end though, so I'm hopeful. We shall see...

This is just so cheesy and overly dramatic sometimes, it makes me literally roll my eyes.

This is honestly fascinating as fuck

"Boys who believe that real men are all-powerful will cheat and lie and steal to claim and keep power. Boys who believe that girls exist to validate them will take a woman’s rejection as a personal affront to their masculinity. Boys who believe that open, vulnerable connection between men is shameful will violently hate gay boys. Boys who believe that men don’t cry will become men who rage..."

"Here is your baby. Love her at home, at the polls, in the streets. Let everything happen to her. Be near."

"What a terrible burden for children to bear—to know that they are the reason their mother stopped living. What a terrible burden for our daughters to bear—to know that if they choose to become mothers, this will be their fate, too. Because if we show them that being a martyr is the highest form of love, that is what they will become."