Mutmainah > Recent Status Updates

Worried the first few pages the regressive 90s racial politics would be hard to shake, instead this is so topical i feel like it sought me out for this particular moment. Not an annotator but i need a physical copy to tear up.

Even precocious children have their limits

“Mrs Roy taught me to be free then raged against my thoughts. She taught me to be free and raged against my freedom. She taught me to write and resented the author I became”

The introductory chapter hit me over the head - and she’s still going!

I fear I may have done too much anticipatory hyping…like why are we barely passing the Bechdel?

Going to start using “it does not signify” in my day to day

This is the very best of narrative nonfiction - such vivid prose and such meticulously detailed.

why i chose to read two 500+ page books simultaneously, only God knows

In a stunning turn of events, now that the key characters have finally met I’m (mostly) charmed by this

This Ilan character is testing me… how are you brushing your teeth for the first time in months just so you can spit toothpaste at someone. Just cartoon villain nonsense.