The Reading Robin > Recent Status Updates

“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.”

“By educating children, we are carrying out one of the most important roles adults have on the path to reconciliation.” - David A. Robertson

“We are like the canary in the coal mine. You need us and our knowledge for rebalancing this world for our collective future.” - Kent Monkman

“The fact is that Indigenous peoples had to understand the world before they could talk about it. In other words, we are scientists before we are storytellers or artists.” - Kent Monkman

“It is stories that give shape to a life. But because he never talked about [his trauma as a residential school survivor], my father didn’t inherit stories; he inherited shame.” - Stephanie Sinclair, A Steady Brightness of Being, page 2.

“So what we must do is rebuild the very understanding of community that we seem to have collectively lost.” - Jesse Wente

“I love us, and I believe we are divine—existing by chance, born from some giant red ancient star, set to earth: a fire with mission…” - Terese Marie Mailhot

“It is stories that give shape to a life. But because he never talked about [his trauma], my father didn’t inherit stories; he inherited shame.”

12 hours done!

A good start to a 24 hour readathon!

Hooked right away! So excited to get back into one of the first fantasy series’ I ever read as an adult. I’m scared to find out why it’s rated so low by everyone.