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Being who I am and having the job I have, I have to boo this page for falling into the human exceptionalism fallacy, seemingly confusing other apes as being less-evolved humans, and denying the ability of other animals to experience complex emotions 👎

“Most people seem to think that the best route to building common ground is by emphasizing facts, rather than feelings of suffering. But most people are wrong.”

It’s turned a corner!!! Thank goodness for Charlotte’s character

IVE NEVER CARED ABOUT CHARACTERS LESS this is so crazy but i must continue for the book club

“When someone has an opinion we find immoral, we can ask ourselves, ‘What harm do they see?’” I love this

Soo slowly making my way through this tome

Fun spooky Halloween but since the characters are pretty demonically evil it’s hard to relate to them in any way making for a bit of a shallow read so far

Officially joining the book club of the ladies of Phoenix Ave after two months of unofficial membership amidst travels . Starting off strong with toxic lesbian vampires 🧛‍♀️ (the book not the book club) (well 🧐)

“Let me see you ride a donkey over my green again and as sure as you have a head upon your shoulders, I’ll knock your bonnet off and tread upon it!”

Slow going but cozy

I’ve been on a reading hiatus the last month while traveling - I’ve fallen behind!

Been yapping about it so much Andrew picked it up and started reading it too 🥬🫜♥️

It’s a big book

Proceeding cautiously due to eco-anxiety 🧐

Slowly bee boppin my way through this. It’s amazing. So many seemingly distinct ideas and observations that were linked together into one seamless and all-encompassing theory. presented in such a way that a lay person, who had observed and understands domestication in a general sense, can come to see how this could happen on a grand, invisible scale by natural mechanisms and create distinct species … just AMAZING