Been up since 4:30am absolutely glued to the audiobook of #HMRC.
It is described as: 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘰 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘺, 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮.
But ... I don't really see it that way. I have a more reality based description that I won't bother with. I think book descriptions are more about enticing people to read them and not about giving a reality based explanation of the relevant themes.
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I think, if I had read a book like this in middle school I might have been really impressed and inspired by it ... I might have seen it as progressive and had a fleeting, unrealistic thought that it would change minds and open hearts.
As an adult who knows better, I know that books like HMRC never end up in the hands of the people who really need to read them and that books, in general, are only appreciated by the audience that wants to read them and they don't need the lessons usually.
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In that sense, books like HMRC just become propaganda and "feel goods" for those that appreciate them ... and not education, thought experiments, or lessons about the dangers of powerful, vindictive, and mentally ill white women who are brainwashed by the very patriarchy that works successfully to diminish and destroy them from within and without.
It's a shame that books don't educate the ones that need it ... not that you can reach such broken minds with words anyway.