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my review: beautiful and evocative and devastating
date completed: 1/29/2026

Rated: 5 stars

description/notes: gotta finish reading oops
what is it? book
my review: it took me nearly a year to cross this one off but i have savored every word every syllable i've ever read from hanif

Rated: 5 stars

description/notes: YA queer coming of age in a muslim american community, also so good, did audiobook which is read by the author who is so cool
what is it? book
my review: sweet but kinda broke my lil heart at the end
date completed: 1/30/2026

Rated: 5 stars

description/notes: big complex book told over a couple generations focusing on the cultural revolution and tiananmen square and entangled stories, also kinda about music
what is it? book
my review: okay, wow. so good. beautiful and devastating. i want to read more about the cultural revolution
date completed: 2/28/2026

Rated: 5 stars

description/notes: dystopian sci fi fiction vibes. I am currently reading it so we could debrief together!
what is it? book
my review: i don't read a lot of fiction but this was excellent
date completed: 12/16/2025

Rated: 5 stars

description/notes: kinda essay / autobiography / letter format by dan sherrell who has had a fairly similar path in the climate movement, reflecting on his journey and the choices and emotions of it all
what is it? book
my review: i liked this a lot! it felt very relatable in many ways. though i did not love that it was framed as a letter to a possible future child, it was clear why dan sherrell made that choice
date completed: 12/27/2025

Rated: 4 stars

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my review: a nice and quick read. i learned some new things about eels but also this book was far more existential than i anticipated

Rated: 3 stars

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my review:

Rated: 5 stars

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my review: very well written and i learned so much
date completed: 10/30/2025

Rated: 5 stars

what is it? book
my review: whew this one took me ages to get through. really theory heavy and full of jargon that kinda obscured the main concepts for me at times. also now i want to learn more about the bolsheviks and the spanish revolution
date completed: 9/7/2025

Rated: 3 stars

description/notes: how spotify is ruining the music industry
what is it? book
my review: very informative, i want everyone to read
date completed: 9/27/2025

Rated: 5 stars

description/notes: the strategic logic of nonviolent conflict
what is it? book
my review: a little rough to get through this one, but overall really insightful and interesting
date completed: 2/11/2026

Rated: 4 stars

what is it? book
my review: this was good! reminded me of so many things i had forgotten about from 2017-2019.
date completed: 11/28/25

Rated: 4 stars

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my review: extremely fascinating, loved this
date completed: 12/1/2025

Rated: 5 stars

what is it? book
my review: i haven't read much about what it's like to grow up with and on the internet, so really appreciated this
date completed: 2/17/2026

Rated: 5 stars

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my review: excellent blueprint for winning campaigns
date completed: 12/4/2025

Rated: 5 stars

what is it? book
my review: gorgeous and devastating
date completed: 12/7/2025

Rated: 5 stars

description/notes: life and death in the age of forever chemicals; pfas
what is it? book
my review: riveting, well written, and absolutely galvanizing
date completed: 1/4/2026

Rated: 5 stars

description/notes: Race, Policing, and a Deadly Assault That Gripped a Nation
what is it? book
my review: kinda interesting but not at all what i expected and more sympathetic to the police state than i felt comfortable with/anticipated based on the description
date completed: 12/11/2025

Rated: 2 stars

description/notes: how worker-to-worker organizing is revitalizing labor and winning big
what is it? book
my review: overall i enjoyed this, but felt like there was an outsized emphasis on worker organizing at starbucks and amazon in particular. would have liked more variety of worker to worker organizing examples
date completed: 1/18/2026

Rated: 4 stars

description/notes: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created
what is it? book
my review: i learned so much, very well written. highly recommend
date completed: 1/27/2026

Rated: 5 stars

what is it? book
my review: love roxane gay and love to read all of her opinions
date completed: 2/21/2026

Rated: 5 stars

what is it? book
my review: beautiful and haunting and i should read more octavia butler
date completed: 2/26/2026

Rated: 5 stars

what is it? tv
my review: abbi jacobson only has one character and this one mostly worked but overall this show was just missing something for me

Rated: 3 stars

description/notes: time for a rewatch
what is it? tv
my review: this show holds up 10/10

Rated: 5 stars

what is it? tv
my review: -1 bc it's a cop show but i still love this show

Rated: 4 stars

description/notes: season 2
what is it? tv
my review: oh my god

Rated: 5 stars

description/notes: Witty to cliche to hallmark death fucking
what is it? tv
my review: first ep was great but this show went downhill real fast

Rated: 2 stars

description/notes: Alan cumming is cumming
what is it? tv
my review: absolutely unhinged in the best way

Rated: 5 stars

what is it? tv
my review: good, gay, made me cry

Rated: 5 stars

description/notes: the vampire slayer
what is it? tv
my review: it took me many months to get through this. there's so much to say about buffy. but overall i thoroughly enjoyed watching

Rated: 5 stars

what is it? movie
my review: what a wild ride. how was the building still standing at the end??? -1 star for that

Rated: 4 stars

what is it? movie
my review: look i understand suspending disbelief for a movie but i said "yeah, obviously" far too many times during this one

Rated: 2 stars

what is it? movie
my review: classic fast & furious with too much going on but also jason momoa was perfect

Rated: 3 stars

description/notes: Greatest movie ever made
what is it? movie
my review: amusing and nostalgic

Rated: 4 stars

description/notes: silly funny debaucherous film about irish friends in belfast who form a rap group and fight for the survival of their language
what is it? movie
my review: this was so good omg everyone should watch this imo

Rated: 5 stars

what is it? movie
my review: so cute and sweet, loved this

Rated: 5 stars

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description/notes: about a haunted bookstore, takes place in covid/uprising, themes around indigenous identity, listened on audiobook and it's read by the author who has an indigenous focused bookstore in minneapolis and is against tar sands pipelines!
what is it? book

description/notes: one of my most fave memoirs ever it was so good, not sure if there's an audiobook
what is it? book

description/notes: climate dread / drought, dystopia but also not, so good I stayed up late to finish
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description/notes: reality tv of fight to the death program for prisoners, also gay, so disturbing i had to stop after most chapters but so good on race/prison system
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description/notes: https://ocla.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1-Trauma-Stewardship-Digital-Copy.pdf
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description/notes: whaling and social class
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description/notes: hybrid regimes after the cold war
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description/notes: bbc mini series
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description/notes: Wholesome Brits doing ceramic's
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description/notes: billy bob thornton
what is it? tv

what is it? tv

description/notes: Glass blowing reality
what is it? tv

description/notes: Surreal comic book type
what is it? tv

description/notes: Gay artistry/hilarious
what is it? tv

description/notes: Gay sitcom type thing lighthearted
what is it? tv

description/notes: heartwarming and funny
what is it? tv

description/notes: Fallout but different
what is it? tv

description/notes: If you like mystical women with all powerful magic that men can’t touch without going insane. And spooky cult shit and orc like creatures. And like color coded sects of all powerful women some of whom have threesomes with their henchmen. It’s a good time
what is it? tv

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description/notes: hawaiian history, many beefy butts
what is it? tv

what is it? tv

description/notes: miniseries
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description/notes: hot lesbians and the mob
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description/notes: Maggie Gyllenhaal
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description/notes: documentary
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