i don’t understand how people can be so fucking cruel about people who can’t read much (including people who aren’t literate, though this post is from my experience with chronic illness). like, one of my main motivations behind posting excerpts of butch+femme writing on my main (@campgender ; it’s fine to go through my bookshelf tag but please only followers age 18+ on that blog!) is that it is fucking hard to read a full book!!
my reading comprehension & stamina decreased drastically when i developed worse chronic fatigue, & while i’m overjoyed that i’ve recently regained a lot of that particular ability since getting blackout curtains, there are absolutely still texts i can’t even begin to parse that i once would’ve loved digging into — texts that it would be actively dangerous for me to attempt to struggle through because it would break pacing.
idk i’m not trying to be self-congratulatory here or whatever but like. the second i could access information through this means again, the focus of my (very fucking limited!!) energy has been giving it back to my people. my life has been unquestionably, deeply shaped by tumblr users who share excerpts of theory & memoir & poetry because they were providing labor of which i was in need & incapable.
finding, selecting, transcribing, formatting, & at times contextualizing passages takes a lot of fucking time & energy, but in order for me to encounter certain concepts, experiences, & histories, it’s work somebody else had to do, because i couldn’t read 200 pages of research or anthology in order to encounter the 10 that would change my life — but posted 2 or 3 pages at a time, i could save that in my drafts to get through on a good day, & quotes that were only a couple lines i could usually read right when i encountered them.
so, in memory of the years i spent unable to access theory through anything other than excerpts & secondhand summaries,
and in anticipation of the years to come where i will live the same,
and in acceptance that the brain is a muscle, in love of we the exercise-intolerant,
to you, dear reader — whatever form & frequency & duration that reading may take, even if it’s no further than this post — i make my motherfucking covenant: the issues i discuss around pulling quotes will be about the political act of the ellipse and the ethics of transcription, not shaming people for the methods of accessing information that are available to them. as often & as long as i am able, people can ask me to explain something or summarize in plain language and i will meet them with respect, interest, & effort. if someone’s looking for information on a particular topic, identity, experience & doesn’t have the energy to find it, i’m gonna give what i have towards filtering through the bullshit for the gems.
according to our abilities. according to our needs.
and the next time somebody tells you it’s not ableist to say everyone has to read [whatever work], tell them to go put their precious ability to better use in making it more accessible.
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2023 reading log
the uncensored picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde / jan. 2-9 / 4 stars
buzz saw: the improbable story of how the washington nationals won the world series by jesse dougherty / jan. 9-11 / 4.5 stars
proposal by meg cabot / jan. 17 / 3 stars
sidelined: sports, culture, and being a woman in america by julie dicaro / jan. 12-17 / 4 stars
remembrance by meg cabot / jan. 18-19 / 3 stars
how sweet it is by dylan newton / jan. 19-20 / 3 stars
daughters of sparta by claire heywood / jan. 21-22 / 3 stars
highly suspicious and unfairly cute by talia hibbert / jan. 22 / 4 stars
gentlemen prefer blondes: the diary of a professional lady by anita loos / jan. 23-26 / 3 stars
hell bent by leigh bardugo / jan. 26-31 / 4 stars
all about love: new visions by bell hooks / jan. 22-31 / 4 stars
daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid / jan. 31-feb. 2 / 4 stars
everything i know about love: a memoir by dolly alderton / feb. 2-9 / 4 stars
emma by jane austen / feb. 11-19 / 4 stars
fake it till you bake it by jamie wesley / feb 19-23 / 3.5 stars
my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell / feb. 23-26 / 4 stars
throttled by lauren asher / feb. 26-28/ 2 stars
the locker room by meghan quinn / mar. 1-5 / 1 star
come as you are: the surprising new science that will transform your sex life by emily nagoski / feb. 17-mar. 5 / 4.5 stars
pucked by helena hunting / mar. 5-11 / 3 stars
legendborn by tracy deonn / mar 12-23 / 4.5 stars
unadulterated something by m.j. duncan / mar. 23-25 / 4 stars
the fifth season by n.k. jemisin / mar. 26-apr. 15 / 4 stars
how to fake it in hollywood by ava wilder / apr. 16-19 / 3.5 stars
sharp objects by gillian flynn / apr. 19-22 / 4 stars
the homewreckers by mary kay andrews / apr. 22-25 / 3.5 stars
the kiss curse by erin sterling / apr. 25-26 / 3.5 stars
the wedding crasher by mia sosa / apr. 26-27 / 3 stars
let’s get physical: how women discovered exercise and reshaped the world by danielle friedman / mar. 25-apr. 27 / 4 stars
mile high by liz tomforde / apr. 27-may 6 / 1.5 stars
happy place by emily henry / may 6-7 / 5 stars
carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid / may 7 / 4 stars
the spanish love deception by elena armas / may 8 / 2 stars
neon gods by katee robert / may 8-9 / 1 star
love in the time of serial killers by alicia thompson / may 9-11 / 4 stars
the bodyguard by katherine center / may 11 / 4 stars
the intimacy experiment by rosie danan / may 11-12 / 3 stars
upgrade by blake crouch / may 12-13 / 4 stars
by any other name by lauren kate / may 13 / 3 stars
the dead romantics by ashley poston / may 15-17 / 4 stars
the ballad of songbirds and snakes by suzanne collins / may 19-28 / 3.5 stars
so many ways to lose: the amazin’ true story of the new york mets—the best worst team in baseball by devin gordon / may 13-jun. 4 / 4 stars
iron widow by xiran jay zhao / jun. 5-7 / 3 stars
the grace year by kim liggett / jun. 7-8 / 4 stars
the last magician by lisa maxwell / jun. 9-11 / 4.5 stars
little fires everywhere by celeste ng / jun. 12-14 / 4 stars
not a happy family by shari lapena / jun. 14-17 / 2.5 stars
the familiars by stacey halls / jun. 17-21 / 3 stars
the girls i’ve been by tess sharpe / jun. 21-22 / 3.5 stars
once more with feeling by elissa sussman / jun. 23 / 3 stars
the cheat sheet by sarah adams / jun. 24-25 / 1 star
how to sell a haunted house by grady hendrix / jun. 26-29 / 3 stars
little thieves by margaret owen / jul. 1-3 / 4.5 stars
this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone / jul. 3-6 / 3 stars
the very secret society of irregular witches by sangu mandanna / jul. 11-12 / 4 stars
the lies of locke lamora by scott lynch / jul. 13-27 / 4.5 stars
seven days in june by tia williams / jul. 28-30 / 4 stars
bloodmarked by tracy deonn / jul. 31-aug. 2 / 4 stars
something wilder by christina lauren / aug. 3-4 / 3 stars
howl’s moving castle by diana wynne jones / aug. 4-5 / 4 stars
dark matter by blake crouch / aug. 12-13 / 3 stars
eat up! food, appetite, and eating what you want by ruby tandoh / jul. 30-aug. 14 / 4 stars
the silent companions by laura purcell / aug. 5-18 / 4 stars
mr. wrong number by lynn painter / aug. 19-20 / 2 stars
romantic comedy by curtis sittenfeld / aug. 20-21 / 4 stars
the last tale of the flower bride by roshani chokshi / aug. 21-23 / 4 stars
the hating game by sally thorne / aug. 23-25 / 2 stars
lessons in chemistry by bonnie garmus / aug. 25-26 / 2.5 stars
the godparent trap by rachel van dyken / aug. 27 / 2 stars
i’m glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy / aug. 27-29 / 4 stars
the atlas six by olivie blake / aug. 29-sep. 9 / 3 stars
wordslut: a feminist guide to taking back the english language by amanda montell / sep. 1-9 / 4 stars
practice makes perfect by sarah adams / sep. 10-11 / 3 stars
all systems red by martha wells / sep. 13-14 / 3 stars
do i know you? by emily wibberly and austin siegemund-broka / sep. 14-16 / 4 stars
same time next summer by annabel monaghan / sep. 17 / 3.5 stars
Ounder the influence by noelle crooks / sep. 18-22 / 4 stars
burn for me by ilona andrews / sep. 22-23 / 4 stars
the littlest library by poppy alexander / sep. 24 / 3 stars
the neighbor favor by kristina forest / sep. 25-27 / 3 stars
satisfaction guaranteed by karelia stetz-waters / sep. 28-oct. 5 / 3 stars
the ex talk by rachel lynn solomon / oct. 5-7 / 4 stars
change of plans by dylan newton / oct. 8-9 / 2 stars
coraline by neil gaiman / oct. 9 / 4 stars
you, again by kate goldbeck / oct. 9-11 / 3 stars
mrs. caliban by rachel ingalls / oct. 12 / 3 stars
summer sons by lee mandelo / oct. 12-19 / 4 stars
the death of jane lawrence by caitlin starling / oct. 19-24 / 3 stars
house of hollow by krystal sutherland / oct. 25-29 / 4 stars
white hot by ilona andrews / oct. 28-nov. 2 / 4.5 stars
twice shy by sarah hogle / nov. 4-5 / 3 stars
sexed up: how society sexualizes us, and how we can fight back by julia serano / nov. 2-10 / 4 stars
artificial condition by martha wells / nov. 11-14 / 4 stars
wildfire by ilona andrews / nov. 14-16 / 4.5 stars
between a fox and a hard place by mary frame / nov. 18 / 3 stars
revolting prostitutes: the fight for sex workers’ rights by molly smith and juno mac / nov. 18-20 / 4 stars
emily wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries by heather fawcett / nov. 21-24 / 4.5 stars
love and other words by christina lauren / nov. 24-25 / 3 stars
the boyfriend candidate by ashley winstead / nov. 26 / 3.5 stars
the seven year slip by ashley poston / nov. 27-28 / 5 stars
how to fall out of love madly by jana casale / dec. 3-10 / 3 stars
ordinary monsters by j.m. miro / dec. 10-21 / 3 stars
rogue protocol by martha wells / dec. 22-23 / 4 stars
what you wish for by katherine center / dec. 25 / 3 stars
the blonde identity by ally carter / dec. 25-26 / 2.5 stars
just my type by falon ballard / dec. 26-31 / 2 stars
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