#tbh i saw the book more as critiquing policies that try to limit bodily autonomy | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

fluffywhump · 1 year ago

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Clicked on a booktuber I occasionally keep on a bg noise, since she was talking about why Tender is the Flesh "is bad actually," and I went, "Sure, I'll listen." Disagreed at first with booktuber's premise, but after googling "Agustina Bazterrica vegan" I saw booktuber is actually right; Bazterrica is vegan and was inspired to write the book after seeing animal carcasses in the window of a butcher's shop and went "But what if they were human? We're flesh, just as animals are"

I have no reading comprehension apparently lol but that's not surprising to me

#only watched a couple minutes of the video b/c i need to head out #might watch the rest later idk #tbh i saw the book more as critiquing policies that try to limit bodily autonomy #*gestures to the jasmine pregnancy part and the beginning where they talked about the castrated 'bull'*#*gestures to the scene where they show pregnant women who are mutilated in a specific way so they can't force a miscarriage*#the policies going on now is likely a big part of what shaped how i read the book #like 'eating meat is wrong' just was not a message that came through to me at all lol #but that's part of analysis at least according to my english teachers #not to get all death of the author but authorial intent is only a part how books can be read imo #art is a conversation #us adding to the conversation is part of this art #even if it differs from what the author originally stated/intended #or maybe i'm saying that to feel less stupid lol #which is why i'm putting this here instead of my book blog XD

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