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Excuse me?! I had to put my book down bc what do you mean the men wish they had a light skin woman to beat because they’re agreeable after a beating and everyone can see that you beat her!!! WHAT IN THE MYSOGINOIR IS GOING ON?!

Not gonna lie I completely understand how she feels. Like DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!! Thank god *whew* and you know what after every one saw him slap her they should understand too

*side eye* I know what he means when he talks about children but it gets a lil weird at times. But I guess that’s exactly what he’s talking about lol. Foucault is cooking though. I’m definitely seeing the picture he’s painting and I’m excited to see where he takes this .

I feel bad but I kinda hate how Janie doesn’t speak. Obviously that’s coming from a person who can stop talking but I feel like being the mayors wife in a brand new town would be the chance to reach out to people and build community. It’s obvious that she’s very young so I take that into consideration but ugh

Napoleon taking over the farm with the dogs was not on my bingo card at all 💀

I kept saying the book was cute… imagine my surprise when they started killing ppl. I know revolution isn’t won without a lil bloodshed but dayuuum. This is definitely not a Charolette’s web kind of ting.

I didn’t realize how Chopt this book is. It’s super cute and although it is a critique of communism (I think and get the vibe) the thought of animals running a farm and teaching themselves to read and write is so cute. Also having the pigs be the corrupt leaders is fitting not only because pigs are very smart but bc… you know greedy pigs. lol.

As jarring as it is to read. The descriptions and the telling specifically of the men’s view of little girls is the closest I’ve come to understanding men like that. I’m not saying I sympathize and condone that abhorrent behavior but this is the closest thing I’ve read to actually understanding the brokenness that creates these predators.

I have no words.

So much has happened to these three girls in such a short amount of time. And with each defining moment you can see the psyche of the little black girl developing. It’s feels almost personal even though I haven’t experienced these things exactly. I know the feeling of having your entire world view go from one of an optimistic and naive child to understanding just how differently people view.

Poor Pecola. Her parents are dreadful. Reading this as a black woman myself is hard hitting for sure. When Toni describes looking into someone’s eyes and seeing how they really feel about you it struck a chord in me that I didn’t know was there. It goes unspoken but every poc knows exactly what she’s talking about.