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I just finished reading this book and i really enjoyed it. I think everyone who is interested in community building should read it. It’s a dystopian novel written in the 90s taking place starting in 2024. Octavia Butler was a brilliant writer ahead of her time (rest in power).
Jan 2, 2025
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I was very late to learning about the visionary brilliance of Octavia Butler. I embarrassingly had never heard of her even though the local ICA had an entire outward facing wall wrapped with her image and a quote. Sometimes tunnel vision can really lead you astray so it’s always best to be searching with an open mind. I’ve had a hard time with reading since quarantine, I think it has something to do with an exorbitant amount of screen time destroying what was left of my spreading diminished attention span. I trudged through book after book this past year not being able to sink my teeth into anything until I found Parable of the Sower. This book has made me fall in love with reading again. Instead of rewatching the Sopranos for the millionth time, I look forward to my time each day with the book’s chronicler, Lauren Olamina, and her Earthseed musings. A novel fraught with dystopia that feels more like today’s news than the science fiction label it got when published in 1993. I haven’t finished it quite yet, but I have been telling everyone they should read it, truly inspiring and makes me want to approach each day with more empathy and hope no matter how much despair we are hit with each day. God is Change.
Mar 25, 2021
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1993 Afro-futurist story that predicted so much right about America based around 2024
Sep 22, 2024
if a book about surviving a fascist government during environmental collapse wasn't already on the nose enough, Octavia Butler is from Altadena
Feb 2, 2025
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Oh, you wanted me to do this enormous task in an impossible amount of time? No u didn’t :) I’m actually not gonna do that, and good luck finding someone who will :-)
Feb 24, 2025
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I did this recently on a date with someone who I met irl who asked me out. I generally don’t wear a ton of makeup anyways, and once I start up in a relationship with someone they’ll see me far more frequently without makeup than with makeup on. While I’m a firm believer that makeup drastically improves my appearance and that I’m pretty average/plain looking without it, I figure it’s a more honest depiction of my physical being to go without it. It’s a real challenge for me to go on dates without wearing any and it’s been an interesting experiment in letting go of my negative self-image.
Note: I don’t want this to be interpreted as anti-makeup propaganda. Make no mistake, i love a beat face and i love the art of applying makeup!! im just sometimes too lazy to bother, even for a date.
Feb 13, 2025
I’m literally obsessed with this brand. It’s so camp and the pieces are so unique and well made, definitely has an emphasis on statement pieces rather than everyday basics (although they do have some of the latter). Penelope Gazin is the evil genius behind the brand and her marketing strategy is hilarious. From the logo to the item descriptions to the name of the brand itself (every time I tell someone about this brand they look at me like I’m joking when I tell them the name), everything is imbibed with subtle satirical humor. I believe she once described it as an “anti-marketing marketing strategy”. Anyways, I know it’s not the most affordable but its a small business with ethical practices that I enjoy supporting when I can.
Feb 27, 2025